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To: bentway who wrote (265228)	12/19/2005 11:30:44 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) of 1573824

"The military-industrial-government complex" And who was the first to warn us about this? Eisenhower almost 50 years ago, who is often described at the first political general. And, by the way, a Texan. While I agree with your premise, let me add a couple of complicating factors. For one, most countries are willing to accept a higher rate of causulties and a lower rate of training than we are. These two are interconnected. If we accept that a certain causulty rate is acceptable, then we accept that the burden falls on the lower classes or the most desperate. Our military will always be more expensive than any other on a per man basis because we tend to value each individual more. But does that excuse our expenses? No, it does not. A large percentage of the money we spend is to fight a foe that no longer exists, the Soviet Union. We need two militaries right now. One that is highly trained and equiped to take out initial threats, and ones at a lower level who hold territory. Both will need state of the art defensive equipment, but they don't need the same degree of offensive capability.

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