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**MeatteCen** · 07-04-2011, 03:31 PM

We're spending more now. How much does an aircraft carrier cost? How much does a stealth fighter cost? How much does a nuclear submarine cost? The problem isn't $400 hammers. The problem is we're outspending the rest of the world combined, including not only our allies, but Russia and China, the only potential enemies we might have of any significance (which seem right now like a very low probability of a threat). Our policing of the world, from Korea to Libya to Iraq to Afghanistan has gotten way out of control and goes significantly beyond what the constitution allows for the purpose of the military.

07-04-2011, 03:31 PM	#14
MeatteCen Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 507 Senior Member	We're spending more now. How much does an aircraft carrier cost? How much does a stealth fighter cost? How much does a nuclear submarine cost? The problem isn't $400 hammers. The problem is we're outspending the rest of the world combined, including not only our allies, but Russia and China, the only potential enemies we might have of any significance (which seem right now like a very low probability of a threat). Our policing of the world, from Korea to Libya to Iraq to Afghanistan has gotten way out of control and goes significantly beyond what the constitution allows for the purpose of the military.
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