[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Ric

Look at these figures seriously.

With the world in economic meltdown is it right for the US to still be spending over half of its countries wealth each year on it's military. Do they even really need it? Whilst millions suffer in poverty as a result.

So the American military is responsible for world poverty? And by the way the US publicly and privately donates more money to figt world hunger than any other country in the world, as also is the largest contributor to the UN's fight against pverty and world hunger as well.

I think youll find the figures for Britain are incorrect. I live along the same stretch of ocean as the largest naval base in the country and they just got a whole bunch of new boats. That must have cost a bit. Mind you, we dont need to spend so much. Were better at using what we have already got.

So you're evidence to disprove these numbers is the fact you saw some new boats? I think your personal objection to military spending are tainting your objectivity on this subject.

What is the point of a country having the largest army if they dont use it effectively? In WW2 the canadians were with us from day 1. We had to wait years for the yanks to get on board. Largely due to Nazi sympathisers living in the U.S. Dont forget there was a national vote in U.S history as to wether the predominant language of the country should be German or English. George W Bushes grandfather provided Nazi germany with a third of the Iron and steel they needed to wage world war, fact!

Old facts. More facts? Rolls Royce supplied Nazi Germany with over half of its fighter and bomber engines. Is that a reason to hate Rolls Royce today? No, because those people are dead and gone. All we can expect from the past is to learn from it, not judge people today based on it.

Anyway I am going off topic. The main point I want to raise is, can the US army justify this spending? With more and more becoming uneployed and loosing their livlihoods every day. We are the ones who will suffer the fallout of this economic disaster us and our children. It could all be solved with a simple fix. cut military spending by 50%.

Thats a very simplistic argument, with too many rebuttles to post here. Suffice to say: Enjoy the freedom, peace and prosperity your military powers have afforded you. Good intentions do not defeat men with evil intentions. Well trained armies do.