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**KuRoregioNka** · 07-04-2011, 07:17 PM

The USA spends more than one half the total military budget of the planet.

Don’t you think that after several aircraft carrier groups, over a million and a ahalf people in uniform that the law of diminishing returns would not have kicked in?

There are many spending options that can make the US safe that do not involve military spending. For example AID can be used to pacify a country, raise the standard of living to the point where the people are not desperate and so uneducated as to want to support terrorists.

This can be done at a fraction of the cost of maintaining a long term military presence in places where unless there is some education and development the people will hate and distrust the US for generations.

07-04-2011, 07:17 PM	#23
KuRoregioNka Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 526 Senior Member	The USA spends more than one half the total military budget of the planet. Don’t you think that after several aircraft carrier groups, over a million and a ahalf people in uniform that the law of diminishing returns would not have kicked in? There are many spending options that can make the US safe that do not involve military spending. For example AID can be used to pacify a country, raise the standard of living to the point where the people are not desperate and so uneducated as to want to support terrorists. This can be done at a fraction of the cost of maintaining a long term military presence in places where unless there is some education and development the people will hate and distrust the US for generations.
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