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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (18199)	3/9/2003 4:52:44 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

Yes. Weapons and training budgets were drastically cut.

To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (18199)	3/9/2003 5:04:22 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

So we destroyed weapons? to comply with treaties we signed? to show we had integrity? In other words, from the capability of destroying the planet 180 times over, we dropped down to 150? Is that what you're saying. Talk about overkill. But as you admit you really don't know.

To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (18199)	3/9/2003 5:34:43 PM
From: Just_Observing	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25898

I'm not 100% sure of this but I think I recall hearing our weapons were greatly depleted when Clinton left office. Gee, Agustus Gloop, it must be great to know that truth is just vague hearsay in your mind. Why let unpleasant reality intrude? If you are august, it's only in your mind. Though gloop is a good description of the stuff you spread here. Read the truth for once, oh august gloop MILITARY SPENDING The Administration reversed the decline in defense spending that began in the Bush-Quayle Administration. Reagan-era deficits and the end of the Cold War caused military spending to plummet. The Clinton-Gore Administration reversed that decline and has proposed the largest increases in military spending since the Reagan Administration. America has the best-trained, most capable, most ready fighting force in the world - as evidenced by the fact that during the 78-day air campaign in Kosovo, we achieved our objectives and suffered no American casualties. Our FY2001 budget requested $291.1 billion for defense - a $13.5 billion increase over FY 2000 authorization. Notably, our budget requests $60 billion for procurement of modern weapons systems, and research and development is set at $37.8 billion for fiscal 2001. As Congressional Quarterly Outlook stated: "[T]he Pentagon has undertaken extensive reviews of military doctrine, modernized its arsenal, and restructured its forces into a leaner, more mobile military capable of responding quickly to a number of crises in different pa! rts of the world." [American Forces Press Service, 2/7/2000; CQ Outlook 3/11/99; White House Release 6/26/00] politicsandelections.com