tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post8564497466752223304..comments2024-03-28T08:21:30.796-04:00Comments on War News Updates: Global Military Spending Increases Again In 2016War News Updates Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12034101783150523332noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post-25236883244880691942017-04-24T19:02:45.909-04:002017-04-24T19:02:45.909-04:00Aizino,
" overturning the cooking kettle.&quo...Aizino,<br />" overturning the cooking kettle." Good one Aizino.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642228725661059539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post-18226789401332087382017-04-24T17:32:24.398-04:002017-04-24T17:32:24.398-04:00Maybe the soldiers should work for free.
You coul...Maybe the soldiers should work for free.<br /><br />You could brand them and call one of them Spartacus.<br /><br />If you made them slave soldiers, the usual suspect would be happy. They would no longer have the U.S. as a war monger, because they spend more $$$ argument.<br /><br />We have had slave soldiers or semi-slave soldiers before. They were called Mamluks and janissaries.<br /><br />The Mamluks took over the government.<br /><br />The Jannisaries were one reason there were coups in the Caliphate and Turkey was the 'Sick Man'.<br /><br />We could have fun overturning the cooking kettle. Who needs a balloon anywho?<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745261961793742823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post-92165543572744326302017-04-24T01:07:13.220-04:002017-04-24T01:07:13.220-04:00In the US what percent of the budget is interest p...In the US what percent of the budget is interest payments from debt? How much will be paying in interest payments next year. What is the opportunity cost? What could we be spending on/dedicating resources toward? With future VA costs added in, I think the Iraq War is projected to cost the US 3 trillion. So much money spent and so little in return. But then if you need a military and don't have one... Just wish we in the US could change our geopolitical strategy. Keep voting for that change, but it bever happens. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03222802526276738089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post-42072352152504517782017-04-24T00:58:44.394-04:002017-04-24T00:58:44.394-04:00I think the 1.2% number you are thinking of is per...I think the 1.2% number you are thinking of is percentnof GDP. This is just percent of world share. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03222802526276738089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post-32233069686855260892017-04-23T23:53:22.975-04:002017-04-23T23:53:22.975-04:00Yeah, AND it costs more to maintain a larger milit...Yeah, AND it costs more to maintain a larger military. So more of the US spending is towards maintenance. Also, the US spends much much more on training than on technology. China probably less on training, more on technology. While I do applaud the US for its well trained military, it won't help much if you loose your technological edge.<br />And Germany spending 2.4%? This sounds wrong - I've always heard around 1.2-1.4%.. are you sure about those numbers?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post-36231465235533471592017-04-23T22:46:04.242-04:002017-04-23T22:46:04.242-04:00So the Defense budget costs more.
Lots of things ...So the Defense budget costs more.<br /><br />Lots of things cost more in America like housing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745261961793742823noreply@blogger.com