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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: tejek who wrote (482558)5/21/2009 4:26:52 PM
From: bentway3 Recommendations  Read Replies (2) of 1577357
 
Besides, what % of GDP it is is beside the point. We're the richest country on Earth by far. Our military spending is equal to the rest of the entire world's combined. Do we believe the ENTIRE WORLD is going to unite against us? Some extreme right wingnuts believe they already ARE, but I'm talking about sane people..

At the same time, we're geographically one of the safest countries from invasion. Our only land neighbors are Mexico and Canada, both long time friends and allies.

I think we could actually "defend America" with about a tenth of what we have now. Our giant military is for mucking about in the rest of the world - at great cost to our citizenry.
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