There is a report out right now that President Obama is over in Asia, pushing for the Russians (or do we call them Soviets?) to agree to arms control.
My first reaction was stunned disbelief.
Do you have any idea what the United States spends annually on arms?
Seven hundred eleven billion dollars per year.
We spend forty-eight percent of all international dollars on arms, every year.
The Soviets?
They spend $70 billion dollars.
If you do the math, you'll find that's 5% of the total funds spent per year on arms.
And we're asking them to cut back?
What chutzpah.
Links: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091114/ap_on_re_us/obama
http://www.globalissues.org/article/75/world-military-spending#InContextUSMilitarySpendingVersusRestoftheWorld
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
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