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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.
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No not at all. I meant in your oun country (assuming you are American). And I am not discounting the second part of your statement, you are correct. More or less.
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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.
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No I was not trying to disprove the numbers, I said I was unsure as to their accuracy or I believed they were incorrect. This has been cleared up by BaB who stated that the figures are for 2007. A point I overlooked. And when I say boats, I mean three destroyers an aircraft carrier and at least one nuclear submarine that I saw. Those things are expensive.
For the record I am not opposed to military spending, just to how much spending it takes. For someone living in a country that doesnt even have a national health service, can they really justify the spending on wmd's.
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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.
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Wrong! Rolls Royce supplied these things before the war broke out. After that the Rolls engines were adapted by the Nazi's. We then put our new Rolls engines in our Spit Fires etc. Seriously mate, my Grandmother used to build the planes. England were one of the first countrys to place an international trades embago upon Nazi Germany.
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Thats a very simplistic argument, with too many rebuttles to post here.
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Not only am I a financial advisor, so I know I am correct. But as for well trained armies. Give me an example, go on, and I am not blaming the Americans on this one, but look at the fucking mess we have caused in Iraq, Afganistan, etc.
Why should these people fight it out and solve it themselves, when we messed it up. A tyrant though he was, at least saddam kept these people in check. Iraq was and is not a third world country. It was all about oil and Bush's personal vendetta ...'let's not forget, this is the guy that tried to kill my dad'... that says it all.
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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.
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Actually thats the whole point of the UN. And they have kept our planet pretty peaceful for a long time. The trouble comes when countries ignore them and do what they like anyway. As with Iraq.