Very good. Who has heard of this Bout guy before the media decided to declare him merchant of death. He was prosecuted and convicted, clearly, but for doing what?
Selling arms? Like the US does? Like the UK does? Like Russia does? How is he a merchant of death and everyone else is not?
“Who has heard of this Bout guy before the media decided to declare him merchant of death.”
There was a pretty good Nick Cage movie called Lord of War based on Bout’s life.
He is hardly an unknown figure.
He was an international outlaw, Mister Beeg. Caught by undercovers wanting arms for terrorists out to bring Americans to room temperature.
“Selling arms? Like the US does? Like the UK does? Like Russia does? How is he a merchant of death and everyone else is not?”
He failed to pay his bribes to US politicians.
The hypocrisy stinks here all nations have arms dealers approved or unapproved by the authorities.
In a recorded meeting, Bout declared to undercover agents that the United States was his sworn enemy. He offered to sell them, as part of an extensive arsenal of heavy weapons, hundreds of surface-to-air missiles to be used against U.S. military advisers and the Colombian military.
https://news.yahoo.com/viktor-bout-arms-dealer-merchant-144317119.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall