Comments on: Global Military Spending Tops $1T in 2004 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/global_military_spending_tops_1t_in_2004/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:53:54 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: mike http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/global_military_spending_tops_1t_in_2004/comment-page-1/#comment-48091 mike Tue, 07 Jun 2005 16:56:10 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/10858#comment-48091 a billion here and a billion there, pretty soon that could add up to some big bucks. It's a good thing that the oil revenues in Iraq are paying for the entire operation there as Wolfw/nowits sit it would. a billion here and a billion there, pretty soon that could add up to some big bucks.

It's a good thing that the oil revenues in Iraq are paying for the entire operation there as Wolfw/nowits sit it would.

]]> By: LJD http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/global_military_spending_tops_1t_in_2004/comment-page-1/#comment-48088 LJD Tue, 07 Jun 2005 16:37:31 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/10858#comment-48088 "Presumably, U.S. military expenditures for such things as humanitarian relief missions are counted as military expenses..." I would argue that EVERY mission undertaken by the U.S. military is humanitarian in nature. Of course, the world has to spend an equal amount to protect itself from American Imperialism... "Presumably, U.S. military expenditures for such things as humanitarian relief missions are counted as military expenses..."

I would argue that EVERY mission undertaken by the U.S. military is humanitarian in nature.

Of course, the world has to spend an equal amount to protect itself from American Imperialism...

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