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To: tejek who wrote (327669)	3/1/2007 12:49:01 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573717

We have developed a whole culture that is devoted exclusively to defense and war. That's not just wrong, its ridiculous. During WWII we were not exclusively devoted to defense and war. Even cultures like the Mongols during their most expansionary periods, or the Macedonians under Alexander where not exclusively devoted to war. We are massively less focused on war than they were, to the point where the comparison is like night vs day. We are much less focused on war and defense then we were during WWI, WWII. Even less than we where during Korea and Vietnam. We not only aren't exclusively devoted to defense and war, we aren't even largely devoted to defense and war. It doesn't impact most people in noticeable ways in their day to day life. Maybe 1 part per 20 of our economy, and less than one person out of 200 is active duty military, with maybe one American out of 2000 on duty in Iraq. Edit - Active troops per 1000 citizens. US rank #53, with 4.76, compared to NK at number one with 49.03, and Switerland at number 3 with 29.24 (is Siwterland entirely focused on defense?). We have a lower figure than Norway of Finland. And our number isn't all that much higher than France's. en.wikipedia.org