I never saw such as beautiful light in the sky for whole my life.......

.......Then the blast hit........ -sister yamanada - Hiroshima

With apology to Irving Berlin:

There's no business like war business, like no business so low

Everything about it is appalling, everything that greed will allow

Nowhere to you get that sickening feeling as when they're selling arms like now

There's no people like war people who smile when they make dough

Whether selling guns or tanks, it's just more money in their banks

Which keeps politicians in their ranks, so they can go on with the show

And what a show!

BUSINESS of WAR

Outline

Definition of “War” War business prospect Fact & statistic about Iraq war Price we pay for war Effort to reduce war business Possible solutions Conclusion

- War (Wor) n.

a state of open,armed,often prolonged conflict carried on between nations, states or parties.

The continuation of state policy with other means.

~Karl Von Clauswitz, 1780-1831

A process that makes the victor stupid and the vanguished malicious.

~Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900

The inhuman use of force for illegal ends justified by lies told by sociopaths to rationalize the slaughter of the innocent for the private gain of the few.

~Anonymous

Definition

War Business Prospect

US$ 139,410

US$65 Million with Extended Armor and other Add-On

US$ 2.1 Billion each

Ammunition: Fuel of War

US$2-3 Billion Albania 140,000 tonnesBelarus 1,000,000 tonnesBosnia-Herzegovina 32,000 tonnesBulgaria 153,000 tonnesCroatia 40,000 tonnesFRY Macedonia 10,000 tonnesMoldova 20,000 tonnesRomania 100,000 tonnesSerbia and Montenegro 100,000 tonnesUkraine 2,000,000 tonnesTotal: 3,595,000 tonnes

Facts and statistics:The most war profiteers in Iraq war Halliburton = US$ 17.2 Billion Veritas Capital Fund/Dyn Corp = US$ 1.14 Billion Washington Group = US$ 931 Million Environmental Chemical = US$ 878 Million AEGIS = US$ 430 Million Int'nl American Product = US$ 759 Million Perini Corp. = US$ 650 Million URS Corp. = US$ 750 Million Armor Holdings = US$ 634 Million Nour USA Ltd.= US$ 400 Million

War Business todays :Major Military Spenders 2007

Source:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/04/AR2008030401345_pf.html

US 547

China 140

Russia 78.8

UK 54.7

Saudi Arabia52.8

War Cost in US

The US spends billions of dollars for wars and weapons each year. The money that can be used for better causes, such as providing food and water for people, all goes to violence.

Price we pay for war

Children are orphaned, no breadwinners, or source of income for families.War traumatizes soldiers causing Post Traumatic Stress DisorderLower layers of soil are damaged 7000 years after a bomb.Arms production and tests pollute water and air supplies The price of one fighter jet could buy a quarter of a million tonnes of riceThe 1980-88 Iran/Iraq war cost Iran $644 billion dollar

Reduce the “War Business”

More than 100 nations have reached an agreement on a treaty which would ban current designs of cluster bombs

Source: BBC News, Wednesday, 28 March 2008 21:44 GMT DFID Intervention : One of the greatest safeguards

against the irresponsible grant of licences for arms exports

ATT (Arms Trade Treaty) : Control international arms transfers, and address common concerns such as arms misuse, illegal dealers etc.

Possible Solution1)end government subsidies and support for arms exports; 2)end exports to oppressive regimes; 3)end exports to countries involved in an armed conflict or region of tension; 4)end exports to countries whose social welfare is threatened by military spending; support measures internationally, which will regulate and reduce the arms trade and lead to its eventual end.5)Identify and destroy stocks of surplus weapons6)Ensure better enforcement of arms embargoes

ConclusionAs we know war is the worst and horrific type of human interaction. No other event that allow people to kill each other in such massive numbers, However, curiously,some people actually seem to like war as it gives benefits to them. Those people such arms dealer or weapons trader will make war as their profitable business.

As business student, sometimes we will face a problems that force us to choose between morality or business. Thus, the decision will depend on how we respect the ethics and morality as there is no specific theory that address this problems.

Thank You.........................................

The age of nations is past, the task before us now, if we would survive, is to shake off our ancient

prejudices and build the earth

~Teilhard de Chardin