> There's something similarly moral going on here. Rakon are
> supplying the US military with crystal oscillators. The anti-nuke
> NZ Labour govt are OK with that if they're for defence, not
> so if for offense
>
> http://www.nzherald.co.nz/feature/story.cfm?c_id=1501071&objectid=10383993
>
> In Rakon's case, the development wasn't at the expense of
> millions, but the end use may not be palatable to many

The attempt to draw a distinction between offence and defence in such 
a situation would be laughable if it were not so inane. Or is that 
inane if it were not so laughable? Does that eg mean you can't use NZ 
product in the pre "the war is won" stage of DS2 but it's OK 
subsequently for perimeter and area maintenance but not for insurgency 
suppression, except when ... ?

That's about as sensible as (I'm not making this up * ) our government 
MPs 'boycotting' the Rugby 7's games when Fiji (in the midst of a 
military coup) was playing by standing talking to reporters behind the 
stands while the ?20? minutes games involving Fiji were played, then 
going back to watch the rest.

Back to the BOM ...



        RM


* Thanks to Dave Barry for the concept.

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