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defense spending plan
By iamted on 3/13/2009 8:16:34 AM , Rating: -1
defense spending plan can only include the "bringing of troops home now", anything else is waste of money. if we dont attack anyone they wont attack us. since they wont be attacking us, then we dont need improvements in equipment, for use in such places because such places wont exsist. we can however spend money on talk, as talk is non combative and in the greater interest of civilized people. once we can get those opposed to our way, to join our way, we will have no more war, and all money can go to making mother earth happy and peaceful. she needs a bath.

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By DigitalFreak on 3/13/2009 8:25:22 AM , Rating: 1
if we dont attack anyone they wont attack us

Are you serious? Granted, Bush's warmongering certainly hasn't made us any friends.

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By themengsk176 on 3/13/09, Rating: -1
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By daman5 on 3/13/2009 8:48:20 AM , Rating: 2
Come on, seriously let's look at history folks. Power mongers will target the people who are looking to avoid all conflicts. Agreed there's no need to go looking for a fight, but if you just sit back and say "Let's just be who we are, and prosper" and then be oblivious to reality and think that no one is going to target you, then you're sadly misinformed on reality. Power, greed and envy unfortunately drive a lot of people/organization/countries in the world, and as long as those three factors are out there, someone looking for a fight will always be out there, trying to ruin the majorities' "good" time.

The appropriate strategy in the 21st century is to move forward and 1st strengthen alliances and form new ones across the globe to ensure the "that bad guy" is squashed before they do any real damage. This can be done either through militaristic or political means, the reality there is that it must a blended attack of the two since there are pockets of criminals all over the globe that must be handled and taken on a case by case basis, since motives and means of implementing those motives are blended threats as well.

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By theapparition on 3/13/2009 9:46:15 AM , Rating: 2
Given that even then, the US doesn't rank in the top 25 of countries military budgets as percentatge of GDP, I'd say that the US's defense budget is too light.

So even after this bad economic recession and depression, the US is still the largest economy in the world, by a long shot. So what? We're not allowed to spend that.

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By nafhan on 3/13/2009 12:06:19 PM , Rating: 2
Exactly, you have to look at stuff in perspective.

If you had a room full of midgets and a 6ft tall guy steped in, you wouldn't say he was fat because he weighed twice as much as a midget.

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By inperfectdarkness on 3/14/2009 12:42:26 AM , Rating: 2
considering most military pundits believe our defense spending should be ~4.0% of our GDP. this does not include war-expenditures.

and considering that our defense spending is ~3.9% INCLUDING war-expenditures...

i'd say you were 100% spot on with that assessment.

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By Kuroyama on 3/14/2009 11:24:59 AM , Rating: 2
Look down a list of the top defense spenders as % of GDP.

Other than a few small island nations the countries in the top 50 are either dictatorships (gotta repress those peasants), had wars on their own territory in recent times (Israel, El Salvador, Bosnia), or have neighbors they have frequently warred with (such as Greece's love of Turkey). Most fit all three categories.

So, which country on the list were you trying to compare the US to?

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By theapparition on 3/15/2009 6:43:37 PM , Rating: 2

Let's see.

If you want to compare using cold war rules, the US's defense spending is very close to Russia (ranked 28th and 30th respectively). And let's face it, Russia has been exceedingly hostile towards US interests lately. Also of paramount note, they are the ones supplying all the technical advice and equipment to help Iran with nuclear power.

As for the others on that list, using the more modern: War on Terror, a good portion of the top 25 are either middle eastern countries that don't like us too much (Let's see: Iran, Syria, Yemen et al), or semi-hostile countries like China. Thier combined military expenses certainly constitute a threat to the US.

So the question has to be asked, who on your own link wouldn't you compare to?

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By ccmfreak2 on 3/13/2009 9:08:45 AM , Rating: 3
if we dont attack anyone they wont attack us.

Right.... So, who were we attacking in 2000 and 2001 that led to the death of almost 3,000 inoccent lives in 9/11? And who were we attacking in 1940 and 1941 that led to the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941?

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I would think that kind of pissed people off wouldn't you?

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By raghavny80 on 3/13/09, Rating: 0
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Another history revisionist I see.



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As stated by clovell
Japan attacked when we stopped selling them supplies.




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Particularly fuel oil.

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By themengsk176 on 3/14/2009 5:09:35 AM , Rating: 2

Well that was partly due to our unconditional support of Israel, a nation that an entire group of now displaced people regard as an illegal nation. Not to mention our stationing of troops on Islamic holy land.

I can almost guarantee you, that if we hadn't had our bloated military's thumb in every pie from Florida to Pakistan, that we wouldn't have been attacked at all.

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By Raidin on 3/13/09, Rating: 0
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By buckao on 3/13/2009 9:37:21 AM , Rating: 1
Wow, what a genius! It's so simple! In one post on Daily Tech you've found the solution to the 10000 year history of human warfare. Because if you don't attack anyone, they will NEVER attack you...right?

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By iamted on 3/13/09, Rating: 0
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Lets hear a group "Amen" please!


