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truebluegreen

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4. OT but "...the US will not have to firepower to defeat a single major enemy,

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Thu Sep 26, 2013, 10:39 AM

Sep 2013

e.g. North Korea...."

North Korea is a major enemy? Compared to what? Grenada? Our military budget is currently around 700 Billion per year (not counting DoE or Veterans Affairs and who knows what else); NK's budget in 2011 was a third of their income or $8.77 billion for that year.

The MIC is just effing pathetic in its attempts to justify its black hole-level of appropriations.

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Interesting gopiscrap Sep 2013 #1

"Military can’t afford all the people it has, let alone the ships, planes, and main battle tanks" Drale Sep 2013 #2

I agree. I lot of pearl-clutching from people we don't normally consider pearl-clutchers. Aristus Sep 2013 #3

We can't fight a WW2-level conflict anyway JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2013 #5

OT but "...the US will not have to firepower to defeat a single major enemy, truebluegreen Sep 2013 #4