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kevinbgoode1

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3. Why is it that we spend way more than most of the other powers combined on "defense"

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Sat Feb 23, 2013, 11:13 AM

Feb 2013

. . .and yet if there is the possibility of a single dollar being cut to their budget, suddenly we are completely incapable of defending ourselves?

The role of the U.S. military is to defend the United States. And yet, we spend trillions of dollars on military commitments to defend scores of other nations whose people enjoy such things as universal health care, longer vacations, and often a higher standard of living.

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Air Force Chief Says 70% of ALL Combat Aircraft 'Non Combat Capable By July' [View all] unhappycamper Feb 2013 OP

Absolutely agree w/you. Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #1

If this guy's plan for dealing with budget cuts is to let our planes go NORS ... Scuba Feb 2013 #2

don't know about other commands but gejohnston Feb 2013 #9

Why is it that we spend way more than most of the other powers combined on "defense" kevinbgoode1 Feb 2013 #3

we piss a lot of it away of stupid stuff gejohnston Feb 2013 #10

Sounds like a great excuse for a false flag event think Feb 2013 #4

That strikes me as only possible if every single penny SheilaT Feb 2013 #5

Close some foreign bases and sell them Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #6

+100 more and think Feb 2013 #7

I suspect this is all a part of the various government agencies strategy to fight a budget cut Victor_c3 Feb 2013 #8

Here's a little something the Veterans For Peace put together regarding the subject: unhappycamper Feb 2013 #11