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To: tejek who wrote (571342)	6/13/2010 2:46:54 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1578934

Tim, it doesn't matter how big our economy is.........we are spending more on the military than our economy can afford. The 2nd part of the statement is false, and the first part is ridiculous. What our economy can afford is determined largely by how big it is. And what happened to those countries? They collapsed from the weight of all that military spending. No they collapsed under a failed communist system, and the belief that change was finally possible. Trust me, capitalist countries like Germany, Canada, France and Spain spend nothing compared to what we spend. They spend one to three percent of their GDP, rather than the 4+% we spend. But I don't know why you are drawing attention to capitalist countries not spending so much, since it undermines your main point that capitalist countries are such warmongers, and big military spenders. Who decided to invade Vietnam? North Vietnam decided to invade the south. Who decided to invade Afghanistan? We where attacked by forces based in Afghanistan, and sheltered by its government. They attacked us. Who encouraged/incited the overthrow of gov'ts in the Eastern Bloc? In a sense no one. There was never any huge effort in this regard. Also to the extent there was an effort it was not a military one.