US reaffirms leadership in world arms trade

Now isn't this something to be proud of. And even with 42% of the worlds weapons trade the US economy is tanking.

The United States reaffirmed last year its leadership in world arms trade, cornering nearly 42 percent of the market as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan prompted a weapons shopping spree among neighboring nations, according to a congressional report set to be released Monday.

Via Agence France-Presse.