440 billion dollars plus a couple hundred billion more for Iraq and Astan every year is nuts. We live next to two relatively peaceful neighbors, and have no immediate need to spend all this money on war.
Canada is now looking at increasing their military spending with 17.1 billion dollars in upgrades, and increasing their budget to 30-35 billion within a few years, even though it has little to fear from any neighbor, unless Canadians think the US is a threat...but I won't go there.
Either way, North America is relatively peaceful, as are many other regions. Why the huge spending on war toys? Why do people think it does any good?
Look at the Maginot Line and the amount of money France poured into it. The Germans went around it and all that money went to waste, so even spending money for defense is questionable, at best.
2006-07-29
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