Foreign Correspondence

[Amaunet]

Remember during the cold war when Reagan supposedly personally mapped out and directed a campaign to bankrupt the Soviet Union and wage an economic and political war against Moscow?
#msg-1799067

Considering our deficit, enormous defense budget, the quagmire in Iraq plus the manipulation of the price of oil what are the chances that is being done to us right now? Bush being of little brain is not going to catch on. He will go for the weapons. This will come at the expense of our social security and health care. If the Republicans win, they lose.


http://www.cdi.org/budget/2004/world-military-spending.cfm

Updated March 19, 2003
Selected Countries Military Budget
($Billions)
United States 399.1
Russia* 65.0
China* 47.0
Japan 42.6
United Kingdom 38.4
France 29.5
Germany 24.9
Saudi Arabia 21.3
Italy 19.4