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It’s a murky world, especially with politics involved. But at least it creates employment, and supports technology and UK Ltd.
Am I a fan of KSA? Certainly NOT.
Am I a fan of KSA? Certainly NOT.
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No it doesn’t. It’s a question. You can tell by the squiggly things at the end. The post also contains the link to a reputable news source which is the grounds for the discussion.
It is a reasonable question. I for one take the post to be the question of: Does BAE System’s reported plan to attend a business enclave in KSA indicate profits (the reason businesses exist) being put before ethics?
My own answer would probably be ‘Not in a way significantly shifted from how things were prior to recent events which I concede do seem to indicate that KSA may have an interpretation of ‘rules based behaviours’ at odds with my own.’
It is a reasonable question. I for one take the post to be the question of: Does BAE System’s reported plan to attend a business enclave in KSA indicate profits (the reason businesses exist) being put before ethics?
My own answer would probably be ‘Not in a way significantly shifted from how things were prior to recent events which I concede do seem to indicate that KSA may have an interpretation of ‘rules based behaviours’ at odds with my own.’
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I don’t think BAe do virtue-signalling.
If the Saudis have carried out an assassination it is a wicked thing. But life is full of wickedness we cannot change it and if you lead with the chin all you will get is a busted jaw.
If the Saudis have carried out an assassination it is a wicked thing. But life is full of wickedness we cannot change it and if you lead with the chin all you will get is a busted jaw.
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What Orca said!! There is a lot of discussion in the media about the prevalence of 'moral apathy' when it comes to companies dealing with countries that have questionable human rights records. On the one side you have the Trump Defence "if we don't sell them xxxx someone else will' which guarantees jobs and supports UK PLC and on the other side there are those companies who would rather lose business than risk being involved with a government/country that is even suspected of wrongdoing (even if there is no factual and tested evidence - we shall see). There is no political agenda, just a genuine enquiry as to people's views on whether we should continue to engage with such countries particularly from a defence perspective. I could have gone with this link https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...=.a1332bf255d9 but feel the first was a more balanced argument!!
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No ethics with BAES and no ethics with KSA. Very well suited to each other. I will have nothing to do with either, bar slate the Brexiteers working there whom slate me as economic migrants. Pot /Kettle.
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There are are no Brexiter economic migrants in KSA. They are foreign workers.
Try remaining (legally) in KSA if/when your employment ends.
The article states that BAES needs the additional sales to help it survive, which means the UK also needs these sales to protect the UK defence interests. So do ethics really count when you are selling weapons? Probably not.
And then there is the argument that if BAES doesn't sell them, some one else will...
And then there is the argument that if BAES doesn't sell them, some one else will...
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The article states that BAES needs the additional sales to help it survive, which means the UK also needs these sales to protect the UK defence interests. So do ethics really count when you are selling weapons? Probably not.
And then there is the argument that if BAES doesn't sell them, some one else will...
And then there is the argument that if BAES doesn't sell them, some one else will...
needs the additional sales to help it survive.
Below the Glidepath - not correcting
So do ethics really count when you are selling weapons? Probably not.
Thank you Saintsman. I hope the irony of arguing whether BAE Systems has lost the moral high ground for ignoring the alleged dismembering and murder (in that order) of a journalist, while continuing to sell advanced weapons systems that have killed thousands of Yemeni civilians isn't lost on all of you?
If you tolerate this, then your children will be next?
Who said that? Don't say The Manic Street Preachers.
Who said that? Don't say The Manic Street Preachers.
Does it really matter when the world is being killed off by commercial airline pilots flying jets around the world causing climate change and destroying the atmosphere? Arms manufacturers may provide the tools to kill people "retail", but airliner pilots must surely be the wholesalers...
If you're going to strive for the moral high-ground take care you don't slip and fall down a crevasse...
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If you're going to strive for the moral high-ground take care you don't slip and fall down a crevasse...
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Having spent most of my working life with B.A.C / British Aerospace / Bae systems. I heard and took part in many sessions in the bars (shock horror) discussing the inequities of the Saudi world but never knew anyone who booked a window seat over it. We may have all been little pots but the black can be catching.
Pete.
Pete.
