John B. Slocomb wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jul 2018 23:19:23 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

On 7/12/2018 9:37 PM, AMuzi wrote:

One might argue that we make good hardware, software, armament and kit.
One might also argue that arms sales are more political than economic so
quality, price or performance may not even be factors when compared to
arm-bending 'deals one cannot refuse' as it were.

How political can arms sales possibly be?

https://sputniknews.com/us/201807081...ell-old-tanks/

Being Canadian, they wouldn't want their surplus tanks used to hurt
people or anything like that:

They should follow Bob Hope's lead. Few people know it, but Hope made a
killing buying and selling obsolete military equipment after WW2. He had
the connections due to his volunteer work, and he was able to get lots
of tanks, cannons, etc. for next to nothing.

He turned them around, selling them profitably to VFW halls, little
towns, etc. at prices that seemed great. They were bought for the war
memorials that still stand today.

And doing a good thing :-) In the 1945 period war surplus had almost
literally no value at all. If one could turn it into money it was
probably a patriotic act :-)

Hope even used his TV shows and stage performances to do subliminal
advertising. He was a pioneer at that. At every show, he promoted his
business by singing "Tanks for the memories." It worked.

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Cheers,

John B.


John, I suspect Frank's post was a very long, subtle joke.