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2006-06-13 International-UN-NGOs

World military spending: Europe down, Middle East up

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Posted by Steve White 2006-06-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It tells me western Europe feels secure enough for the US to pull out all troops.

Posted by ed 2006-06-13 00:45|| 2006-06-13 00:45|| Front Page Top

#2 I like how they throw in all the US spending like that is all the US spends money on. We only spend 3-3.5% of our GDP. Tell you something? Oh, ya. The US is kicking the ever-loving crap out of the EU and the rest of the world economicaly. China and the other dictatorship countries spend a much higher % of their GDP and can't even come close to what the US spends, even though we use a very small amount of our GDP.

Posted by DarthVader 2006-06-13 01:19|| 2006-06-13 01:19|| Front Page Top

#3 And how much of the US spending is actually spent directly defending others, doing for them that which they've chosen not to do themselves? The personnel, equipment, the GPS system, etc. and bases in Europe, SKor, etc... not to mention the US military is always on the scene at almost every major disaster, if allowed access, spending freely to provide transportation, manpower, fuel, materials, etc...

Posted by flyover 2006-06-13 01:31|| 2006-06-13 01:31|| Front Page Top

#4 Record overall military spending in 2005 masked divergent trends across the globe...

Since when there were nation states or tribal kingdoms, has not military spending usually been on the top of the list of 'things to do'?

There is an unending list of 'neat' things to do across the globe since the earliest writings. So what? Feel guilty? That's your problem bud. My ancestors got their act together and made hard and often painful decisions, sometime written in blood. That's why I'm here now and you're trying to hit me up for some change. Maybe if you or those you are standing in for would make the same hard decision and pay the same price, you or they could do it on their own. I have no problem helping those who will help themselves, but I'm not going to throw good money down a blackhole just to get that loving feeling.

Posted by Spomose Angick9582 2006-06-13 09:41|| 2006-06-13 09:41|| Front Page Top

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