It's the truth, Dan.

And it's part of the beef I have with the international arms trade.......there's little or no oversight until after it's too late. Weapons are available to all, and are supplied to all. These dealers look for CONFLICTS as dealers look for drug users to sell their wares and make their money. They often arm both sides, sleeping with both sides and prostituting themselves for money.
Sooner or later the big guns come in and it escalates.
When is this bloodshed ever going to stop?
Go after the weapons dealers and manufacturers, and stop giving them a carte blanche for new weapons and Mary Kay cosmetics.

I had just been reading this article by an Economics Professor from Ottawa, and found out it is archived here:
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/choss/fin.htm