You shoot down an airliner, we still sell you arms

[Jeneral2885]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/23/arms-export-licences-russia-pm-embargo-report

More than 200 licences to sell British weapons to Russia, including missile-launching equipment, are still in place despite David Cameron's claim in the Commons on Monday that the government had imposed an absolute arms embargo against the country

[LeftishBrit]

1. The arms trade is dangerous and immoral at best...

I always find it ironic that governments are so obsessed with others getting hold of 'official secrets', and yet seem so casual about other countries getting hold of powerful weapons. You never know how they will one day be used.

But as the arms trade is important to the world economy, it won't come to an end any time soon.