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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (504785)	12/6/2003 12:27:05 AM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The US does 43% of the world's military spending and we still get 911 and we're still being shot at in Iraq and Afghanistan. pbs.org Considering that Rummy is running the show, it's absolutely terrifying. Wolfowitz has asked Congress for EVEN LESS OVERSIGHT for defense spending in the future. Corruption R Us: retailer for right-wing politics. pbs.org d-n-i.net The only part of the defense increase that can be directly attributed to the changed conditions brought about by the attack on September 11 is the thin red ribbon on top of the dark gray triangle. By any measure, this add-on is a tiny part of the total defense budget, and this increase may also not be enough. In April, the senior military officials claimed they needed to increase personnel end strength by 50,000, because our forces have been stretched thin by the global war on terrorism. ====== Not only are we overspending like bandits, we don't know where the money is going and at least a big chunk of it goes into things that don't work...at all. In addition, it puts all of us at risk by lack of spending where it counts. It is pure corruption.