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Strategies & Market Trends : The coming US dollar crisis -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Real Man who wrote (26629)	1/28/2010 3:12:33 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71463

Although we do still spend $1 trillion per year on 'defense'.

To: Real Man who wrote (26629)	1/28/2010 3:57:17 PM
From: ayn rand	Respond to of 71463

re: "some foreign military activity is still going on as a political showcase selling "security" to American voters," ................... that's more than an understatement!: "The pattern that has emerged is that of the U.S. shifting larger concentrations of troops from post-World War II bases in Europe and Japan to smaller, more dispersed forward basing locations south and east of Europe and progressively closer to Russia, Iran and China. The ever-growing number of nations throughout the world being pulled into Washington’s military network serve three main purposes. First, they provide air, troop and weapons transit and bases for wars like those against Yugoslavia, Afghanistan and Iraq, for naval operations that are in fact blockades by other names, and for regional surveillance. Second, they supply troops and military equipment for deployments to war and post-conflict zones whenever and wherever required. Last, allies and client states are incorporated into U.S. plans for an international missile shield that will put NATO nations and select allies under an impenetrable canopy of interceptors while other nations are susceptible to attack and deprived of the deterrent effect of being able to retaliate. The degree to which these three components are being integrated is advancing rapidly" interested parties, read more below lewrockwell.com