Perseveration Nation: America’s Ineluctable Destiny With Guns
LORD OF WAR: NICHOLAS CAGE This is an important movie that did not get much traction. Here’s a notable quote, and there are many more as you can see by googling Lord of War Scripts.
Yuri Orlov: The reason I’ll be released is the same reason you think I’ll be convicted. I *do* rub shoulders with some of the most vile, sadistic men calling themselves leaders today. But some of these men are the enemies of *your* enemies. And while the biggest arms dealer in the world is your boss – the President of the United States, who ships more merchandise in a day than I do in a year – sometimes it’s embarrassing to have his fingerprints on the guns. Sometimes he needs a freelancer like me to supply forces he can’t be seen supplying. So. You call me evil, but unfortunately for you, I’m a necessary evil.
I am trying to find the quote at the end of the movie: This lists the amounts of illegal arms trades world wide and make the point that the United States and British governments way outsell the illegal arms dealers.
See Democracy Now 6-2-22 Norman Solomon and Rebecca Peters
“Mass shootings at home, Mass arms exports abroad: A look at Deadly Role of U.S> Weapons Across the Globe”.
Howard P. Charman, MD 6-2-2022