Business first

[Alvaro Mendez]

Pretty amazing. :wtf: This caught my eye though: French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie even put in an appearance. That might be because one of the contracts expected to be announced at IDEX is a $776 million one for six Corvette warships to be built jointly by Abu Dhabi Shipbuilding and France's Constructions Mecaniques de Normandie. Corvette? Make mine red please. :) Regards, Alvaro

---

That which does not kill me postpones the inevitable. -- despair.com

[KaRl]

That's why I stopped to work for the defense industry, it's impossible to know where the weapons will finally go.

---

Angels banished from heaven have no choice but to become demons Cowboy Bebop

[Doug Goulden]

YOU worked for the defense industry?:omg: Uptight Ex-Military Republican married to a Commie Lib - How weird is that?

[KaRl]

Yep, when I was younger, I made several studies for the terrestrial armament industry as training courses. It was really interesting, I have always been fascinated by weapons and the army. But when I worked on projects for small caliber ammunitions, I understood that it was in opposition with my moral beliefs. I can't work on the design of a bullet which could end exploding the head of a child somewhere in Africa. I accept to design weapons to defend my country, I don't accept they're sold to some dictators. That's why I stopped and searched for jobs in others industries.

---

Angels banished from heaven have no choice but to become demons Cowboy Bebop

[Ed Gadziemski]

The US military use sophisticated custom targeting software but the ones sold to the Arabs come with a VB.NET application. :) Those willing to trade liberty for security deserve neither - Benjamin Franklin

[Doug Goulden]

In all sincerity, good for you. I have a lot of respect for people who will live their convictions, instead of just paying them lip service. Uptight Ex-Military Republican married to a Commie Lib - How weird is that?

[KaRl]

Another proof MS is an agent of the evil US! :laugh: Poor guys, having to deal with VB...moreover, with the embargo it must run on a 386.

---

Angels banished from heaven have no choice but to become demons Cowboy Bebop

[KaRl]

Thanks. Frankly, it's far from being easy every day.

---

Angels banished from heaven have no choice but to become demons Cowboy Bebop

[Brit]

I'm actually rather surprised I haven't heard this accusation sooner. The US is the world's largest arms seller (no, they don't sell the really really bad stuff like long-range missles or nuclear technology, unlike some other countries), and new technologies were shown off pretty well in Gulf War 1 (Patriot missile system, laser guided bombs dropping though vents, etc), so I expected that people would claim the Iraqi war was really about showing off military technology. ------------------------------------------ "What happened in that Rhode Island club is shocking. To think that over a hundred people would attend a Great White concert." - The Onion

[Anna Jayne Metcalfe]

I'm not even going to say what I think about this. :mad: Anna :rose: Homepage | My life in tears

"Be yourself - not what others think you should be"
- Marcia Graesch

Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Add-In for Visual C++