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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: combjelly who wrote (261857)11/23/2005 12:09:46 PM
From: bentway  Read Replies (3) of 1573066
 
"We already have that. And already had that through much of the last century, definitely since the end of WWII."

During the cold war, there was a reason for for excessive militarism, the Soviet Union on the opposite side. Even then it was insane - history has proven that the Soviets were never as much of a threat as the fearmongers of the time painted them.

Now, there's no reason on earth for us to spend as much as the rest of the world combined on our military. Most Americans are completely unaware that we do so. Frequently we read of the "growing Chinese threat" - but we currently spend ten times what they do on the military.

This isn't cost free. For what we spend on the military, every American citizen could have health care and a free ride through college if they could do it.
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