But it is a strong message from the international community to the international community, saying to countries transferring weaponry, 'pause, reflect, and consider: is this appropriate?'".
Iranian officials have not been shy about taking credit for the changes in the battlefield, even though analysts noted that admitting to transferring weaponry could lead to future reprisals.
In the long run, Germany and Japan envisioned a partnered linkage running across the British-held Indian subcontinent that would allow for the transfer of weaponry, resources as well as other possibilities.
"The vice president cut a deal to look the other way on Russian transfers of weaponry to Iran for the past five years.
"The Israelis, justifiably, have to guard against the transfer of advanced weaponry to terrorist organizations like Hezbollah," he told the Spanish-language TV station Telemundo.
He also resisted curtailing controversial federal programs that transfer military-grade weaponry to local police forces, which became an issue after the extremely forceful response to protests immediately after Brown's death.
On Wednesday, the New York Times quoted a senior Israeli official as saying the Jewish state was considering further strikes to prevent the transfer of advanced weaponry to Islamist militants in the region.
The "executive branch's failure to crack down on illegal weapons traffickers or keep track of third party transfers of U.S. weaponry allowed a substantial flow of U.S.-origin military equipment and military components to make their way to Iraq".
She even held a hearing into the Department of Defense's "1033 program," which transfers high-powered weaponry to local cops nationwide, and heralded the prospect of bipartisan cooperation in bringing back fair policing practices to our nation's streets.
Israel's imperative is clear: to prevent the transfer of game-changing weaponry from getting into the wrong hands.
