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To: Gib Bogle who wrote (315841)	10/30/2016 3:12:39 PM
From: Ron	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 540725

I was just reading that..... "As long as most Americans accept the notion that it is the God-given mission and right of the United States to go anywhere on the planet and do more or less anything it cares to do with its military, you won't see Pentagon spending brought under real control. Think of this as the military corollary to American exceptionalism—or just call it the doctrine of armed exceptionalism, if you will."

To: Gib Bogle who wrote (315841)	10/30/2016 7:16:55 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 540725

I've always wondered what percentage of our GDP comes directly from military spending? I suspect it's a lot. The post cold war military base closing fiasco comes to mind. The military was told to come up with a list of bases they could do without, and they provided one. Then, the congressional whining started, how this base supported an entire region of this state, repeated over and over, by congressperson after congressperson. And it's not just bases. The military has said it doesn't want this weapons system or that one, because they make no sense and are unneeded, and been overruled by congress, time and again. We've got a military that can fight two WWII's simultaneously, yet only stateless terrorists as a real threat.