Talk Nation Radio: US Provides Military Assistance to 73 Percent of World's Dictatorships

This week on Talk Nation Radio we discuss the United States provision of weapons to dictatorships. We're joined by Rich Whitney, who is an attorney from Carbondale, Illinois, now working as an appellate public defender. He is one of the founding members of the Illinois Green Party, currently serves on its Executive Committee, and in 2006 served as that party's first-ever candidate for governor, winning over 360,000 votes, about 10.5 percent of the total. He is currently serving as interim co-chair of the Green Party Peace Action Committee. He is also a commentator, satirist and disc jockey at community radio for Southern Illinois, WDBX, 91.1 FM and occasional actor with The Stage Company in Carbondale. But we've invited Rich on because he's published an article at truthout.org titled "US Provides Military Assistance to 73 Percent of World's Dictatorships."