Bush Says Screw You to Former POW's

[LoungeMachine]

Originally posted by Warham
Measured in 1995 dollars, U.S. defense spending has declined from a Cold War high of around $375 billion in 1988 to around $265 billion in 1997, according to the blah...blah...blah....

But you posted you were "surprised" there WAS a military.....


hyperbole works against a good argument

[Warham]

[LoungeMachine]

Originally posted by Warham


. I'm surprised there WAS still a military when Dubya took office.

Certainly NOT the one they needed when Shrub, Cheney, Perle, Wolfie, and Rummy took office PLANNING TO INVADE IRAQ

[Nickdfresh]

Originally posted by BigBadBrian
Not so...I don't pay a dime and I'm on some pretty substantial stuff.

Send me some!

[Angel]

Originally posted by Nickdfresh
Send me some!

Are you SURE you want whatever B3's on?

[Nickdfresh]

U.S. Military Budget Tops Rest of World by Far

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Washington, D.C. . . .While the rest of the world is cutting military spending, the United States is adding billions to its military budget.

President Bush told the nation yesterday that the U.S. military budget for fiscal 2003 will be $379 billion, an increase of $48 billion over fiscal year 2002.

"The U.S. increase of $48 billion is larger than that the annual military budget of any other country in the world," said John Isaacs, president of Council for a Livable World.

"At a time when the U.S. should be most concerned with homeland defense and a highly mobile force to combat terrorism abroad, the budget is going to continue to fund billions of dollars in aircraft, submarines, ships and other weapons designed to fight the Soviet Union," Isaacs continued.

"Adding $48 billion to the Pentagon budget is like providing an overweight person with dozens of fat-filled deserts; rather than forcing the Pentagon to diet to be more trim and focus on transformation, the military will try to buy more of everything," he concluded.

* The U.S. figure is a future budget authority total; the other country

figures are from past years and are outlay totals.

Military Budget - Countries

$ 379 billion (2003) - United States
$48 billion - increase from Fiscal 2002 to 2003

$ 34.8 billion ( 2001 ) - United Kingdom

$ 29 billion ( 2000 ) - Russia

$ 27 billion ( 2000 ) - France

$ 23.1 billion ( 2001 ) - Germany

$ 18.7 billion ( 2000 ) - Saudi Arabia

$ 15.9 billion ( 2000 ) - India

$ 14.5 billion ( 2000 ) - China

$ 12.8 billion ( 2000 ) - South Korea

$ 12.8 billion ( 2000 ) - Taiwan

$ 7.5 billion ( 2000 ) - Iran

$ 3.3 billion ( 2000 ) - Pakistan

$ 1.8 billion ( 2000 ) - Syria

$ 1.4 billion ( 1999 ) - Iraq

$ 1.3 billion ( 2000 ) - North Korea

$ 1.3 billion ( 2000 ) - Yugoslavia

$ 1.2 billion ( 2000 ) - Libya

$ 425 million ( 2000) - Sudan

$ 31 million ( 2000 ) - Cuba

Source: The International Institute for Strategic Studies

The Military Balance 2000-2001

[BigBadBrian]

Originally posted by Angel
Are you SURE you want whatever B3's on?

Probably not.

Then again, couldn't you could send Nick some of the one's you collect, you damned junkie?

[Seshmeister]

It's disgusting how much of your money is pissed away on a pointlessly large military.

In the next 20 years the US will lose it's economic position to China India and Europe because of this waste.

[Angel]

Originally posted by BigBadBrian
Probably not.

Then again, couldn't you could send Nick some of the one's you collect, you damned junkie?

Sorry dear, strictly good ole bud for this chick... legal bud at that!!

However, I can provide you with some great information on opiate dependency programs and how to get clean if you need.