One was brand new - a modern vinyl master of a classic older title that never sounded great with a mixture of studio issues and a misguided attempt to hark back to the days of almost mono "wall of sound" productions that comes over lacking real detail and two UK originals that needed the discs put in decent inners rather than in directly the printed paper ones with artwork one.
There is talk in Grownup Land about arms sales to the State of Israel following some restrictions introduced Wednesday as it was said they could be used in violation of International Humanitarian Law Tm although some on the left asked "What about other sales to other states?".
They do have a point but the real reason why we sell arms and give export licenses was set out memorably in the Yes Minister episode Ethical Arms Policy to which I'd suggest anyone keen on this topic really out to watch and also do read up on French Arms sales and why the Fifth Republic allowed such sales.
The TL:dr is it keeps your arms industry going, contributes to the Exchequer and frankly if you didn't plenty of others with less scruples would while at least we do have some influence on countries such as Israel who do face constant threats from neighbouring Arab States and indeed Arab/Islamist groups that aren't formally part of nations armies.
Think of it this way: I can supply you with *anything* but having bought it you can use it however and for whatever purpose you like be it bombs or anything else.
IBM's card based computing system was the IT system that played a part in making the Holocaust efficient, farm supplies can be used to make bombs and so one that results in you can tie yourself in knots trying prevent terrible things having to verify each and every one so generally we permit only acting in the most exceptional of cases such as Terrorism.
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