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Lord of war

Did anyoe see the Nicholas Cage movie lord of war? it might be true.
I am still researching this but I thought it was interesting, A Wit Schneidman, CIA, in 2006 noticed an interesting pattern. Whenever a soviet plane flew into Africa soon afterward a flare up of violence occurred. Because most of the resources were focused on Iraq he took it to the U.N. The U.N. discovered this well run organization complete with 20 planes 3 helicopters and logistics that allowed this person running the organization to supply any type of weapon from Kalashnikovs to tanks; He had no boundaries selling to both sides in any war. They discovered he was supplying the Taliban with RPG’s and assault rifles, mines as well as one of the American contract forces bought from him (sick joke: isn’t that a conflict of interest.) They were even able to profile and get a picture of him. He is an ex- Russian military from Tajikistan. My question is very simple how come he is still alive and in business? What t might be the reasons that for at least 2 years and ptobably longer he is free? It takes time to build that sophisticated organization.
yichel's profile
What Soviet plane? Oh, you mean back in the day. Do you realize those who remember the old Cold War will soon be in the minority in both the US and Russia. As for the unrest in much of Africa, two things cause most of the trouble: Aids and blood diamonds.

As for smuggling, the order in descending importance: people, weapons and drugs. Most major smugglers are involved in all three. One consequence is that American law enforcement (in parallel with other law enforcement agencies) is world wide today. Call the FBI a growth industry. My daughter who is finishing law school was told to also finish her French by the FBI in Chicago if she wanted to work with the Agency. As they told her, lots of the world uses French as a first or second language. My guess is that she will also learn several other languages because she has the ear. And, all of those languages make her that much more valuable to the FBI.

All this means that long before we have a world government, we will have law enforcement interlocked around the world and the cause will be the smugglers, terrorists and other criminals who flow back and forth across borders as if those borders are water.

If you want to get a sense of present day Africa, an excellent mystery series: The Ladies No. 1 Detective Agency is worth reading or watching on TV.
LenRobertson's profile

over 2 years ago
one of the planes he has is the Anstov he has other types as well short long haul
yichel's profile

over 2 years ago

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