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First arrest in Iraqi Oil for Food scandal | by DesertRat66 | 2006-11-19 12:55:59 |
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And I wonder | by evil_andy | 2005-08-09 06:54:30 |
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Don't be silly, that's not a scandal. | by wheresthefish | 2005-08-09 06:55:35 |
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Yup. Imposing Democracy... | by Illiad | 2005-08-09 07:00:01 |
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Yes, the megacorps are ecstatic, | by wwill | 2005-08-09 07:09:09 |
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Ah yes, Uber-Patriotism! | by Illiad | 2005-08-09 07:31:45 |
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Thanks for the boost. | by wwill | 2005-08-09 08:26:33 |
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I wish. | by Illiad | 2005-08-09 08:47:09 |
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Intelligent Moderates | by wwill | 2005-08-09 09:02:13 |
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"The U.S. spends more on military... | by thread_killer | 2005-08-09 09:14:48 |
| Per capita, and totals. |
by wwill |
2005-08-09 09:38:53 |
Nobody in their right mind would even think about debating this one. The U.S. is the largest supplier, producer, exporter, and USER of weapons in the world.
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/mil_exp_dol_fig_cap
Israel beats the U.S. per capita, but their population is a lot smaller.
http://www.truthandpolitics.org/military-US-world.php
Quote from "http://zmagsite.zmag.org/Apr2005/monkerud0405.html"
"Based on 2003 figures, the world spent approximately $956 billion on the military, 10 times more than it spent on development assistance in 2001. Adding the cost of the military occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan to the proposed 2006 "defense" budget, the U.S. will spend $500 billion on direct military purchases.
That means the U.S. will spend more on the military than the combined total that the rest of the world spent in 2003. This is 8 times more than China, which boasts the world's second largest military, larger than the next 23 nations combined and 7 times larger than the combined military budgets of Russia and China. But the U.S. military budget fails to account for other military expenditures, which, if added together, account for an even larger share of world spending and a much larger share of the U.S. budget than indicated."
So, in 2003 the world total was roughly $956 billion. The U.S. military budget for 2003 was approximately $396.1 billion. That's 41% of the total. (Budget figures for 2003 are from http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/ArmsTrade/Spending.asp "
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wwill
With SOURCES, but don't hold me to APA style format for free. |
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Your sources don't back your claim | by DesertRat66 | 2005-08-09 09:55:02 |
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