poet said:War happens. Whether it's done with a machete, an AK47 knocked together in a school metalwork shop or a high-tech assault rifle, it happens. Attacking the arms trade is pointless - you need to attack the causes of war. If DSEi were to call it a day tomorrow you'd have done nothing to address the real problematic arms trade, one that you're never going to address - blokes in garages and tiny factories across Africa and the middle east cheaply producing AK47s and RPG-9s.
Is that the problematic arms trade, or is it the trading of tanks, fighters and missiles? I'd consider the latter worse.