SOFEX: The Special Operations Forces Exhibition & Conference

     “You know, it’s weird, man. It’s like everybody’s real cordial with each other. But, at the end of the day, we’re, like, buying weapons to destroy each other. I don’t want to, like, sound liberal or anything. But it’s really not glamorous. This shit fucking kills people.”  -a 6'4" Marine Corps Force Recon sergeant, recently returned from two tours in Afghanistan. (vice.com)


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    I watched this over breakfast this am, it was pretty much like watching a science fiction flick.  Generals from more than 80 countries gather in the middle east for this 'trade show' for arms hawking.  VICE magazine takes us there, and tells the whole story.  The facility is packed with exhibitors selling arms of all kinds.  Countries at war purchase arms to kill one another in a polite and civilized fashion.  VICE founder Shane Smith goes inside one of the world's largest industries-an estimate $350-500 Billion dollars to show us what goes down at SOFEX.