[Sender]

I have a question for the UN arms control people. Are they claiming that as things are now, the US is arming "violent extremists and human rights abusers" around the world?

If not, then why all the pressure for the US to sign it? Just to pressure Russia and China to sign it (which they won't)? The devil is in the fine print I'm sure.

[DesertRhino]

Fast and Furious and arming of the Mexican cartels, the current smuggling to the Syrian rebels via Benghazi, the Moslem brotherhood in Egypt getting everything from rifles to F-16s, the Libyan al qeida rebels, the Afghan military, the Palestinian authority with tens of thousands of M-16s.

Who could -ever- accuse US of arming terrorists?

[DesertRhino]

Although, i will admit. The UN is an organization is almost entirely made up of human rights abusers, terrorists, and despots. So there is no way their goal is to stop the flow of arms to such types.

Their goal is to protect state sanctioned weapons trade businesses, and to find ways to declaw American gun owners.

[immadashell]

I have a question for the UN arms control people. Are they claiming that as things are now, the US is arming "violent extremists and human rights abusers" around the world?

. Does the ban include F-5s, F-15s and F-16s sold to peaceful governments like Egypt?