Lord of War

A film that I recently saw titled “Lord of War” showed me a different side of war. The side of arm suppliers who make millions off putting people’s lives on line with the arms that they supply. “ Lord of War” is about the rise and fall of Yuri Orlov played my Nicholas Cage, from his early days in the early 1980s in Little Odessa in Ukraine, selling guns to mobsters in his local neighborhood, through to his ascension through the decade of excess and indulgence into the early 90s, where he forms a business partnership with an African warlord and his psychotic son. This movie made me think how people who do not get two square meals a day had access to the latest guns and other means of warfare. I think something on these lines must be going on in Iraq too. How these militants get high tech warfare equipment so much that they give even the U.S. Army a keen fight still remains a mystery. I am pretty sure someone in the higher echelons is involved when these multi- million arm deals take place. It is amazing how human lives have become so devalued that no consideration is given to it for the sake of money. Yuri Orlov supplies arms to remote parts of Africa which can be likened to someone doing the same thing in Iraq. The element of corruption cannot be ignored when these things continue to happen on a regular basis. Even the poorest countries have the latest arms and ammunition. In my opinion, the battle needs to be fought not only on the battlefield but in these areas also. Terrorist activities will surely diminish if something can be done to curb illegal arms dealing.