INTERNATIONAL ARMS TRADE

Why did the war in Afghanistan hinge on the ability of a teenager to help buy 100 million bullets for the US military? Where do you even go to buy 100 million bullets? What are international arms dealers actually like? Is the US facilitating war crimes in Yemen while simultaneously transferring weapons to terrorists?

What would you do if you needed to buy 100 million bullets, you needed them right away, and the success of the war in Afghanistan depended on your ability to buy them quickly? That’s the problem that faced two gunrunning young men, two Miami beach stoners, two “dudes” who were barely old enough to buy a beer legally. But they were tasked by the US government — through a series of bizarre events — to try to rescue the war effort in Afghanistan by quickly procuring a hundred million rounds of Soviet-style ammunition. In this episode, we also look at war crimes in Yemen; why American-made weapons are ending up in the hands of terrorists; and answering the fascinating question: what are international arms dealers actually like? Don’t miss it.