Military spending - Up in arms

Economist | Mar. 18, 2009 (News Report)

(Graphic) ON TUESDAY March 17th, Russia announced that it would begin a comprehensive rearmament in response to the advance of NATO into parts of the former Soviet Union. And earlier this month China said it would increase military spending by 14.9% to some $70 billion this year, continuing double-digit growth that began in the 1990s. But this pales in comparison with America's mighty defence budget. According to the latest comparable figures from the Stockholm ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Business
Topics: War, U.S. Military, Defense Industry
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Mar 18, 2009 - 1:02 PM PDT
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Mar 18, 2009 - 1:02 PM PDT

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 18, 2009

The article is very brief. It lets the bar graph included do most of the talking, and you can draw your own conclusions.

U.S. military spending and bellicose offensive wars and postures is motivating a resumption of a global arms race. We must reign in the military industrial media complex. The present course is insanity.

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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Mar. 18, 2009
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Tanya J. Maurer
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