Brass Knuckles

I’m sure by now you’ve heard speculation that Efraim Diveroli is somehow wired into the grand neocon cabal, and so on.  The truth is far more interesting, and a blogger named Steve Sailer does a great job of digging around.

The NYT has a long article on a Miami Beach company that has gotten a $300 million contract from the U.S. government to supply Afghan government forces with ammunition, even though it is supposedly run by a 22-year-old. (Here’s CEO Efraim Diveroli’s MySpace profile.) Most of the ammo has apparently turned out to be junk scrounged from ex-Soviet supplies.

What’s not explained in the article is: “Who are these people?”

Honestly, I don’t believe there is any political connection there; this was a family that was into the arms trade, and sold to military and police forces.  That’s an important point; no matter how the media tries to spin it, Efraim Diveroli isn’t a college kid that just decided one day to become the Michael Dell of arms sales.

If you do come across somebody that wants to by the neocon GOP Crony card; here’s a fun fact.

Yet, the only person mentioned in this posting who has contributed to a Presidential candidate over the last decade, according to OpenSecrets.org, is pawnshop owner turned merchant of death Yoav Botach, who gave $1,000 to John Edwards last year.

It’s a total non sequitur, but that should be enough to make a few heads explode.