US Military Spends More Than Next Ten Countries Combined

[Cap'n Cat]

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Budget cuts and troop reductions are on tap for the U.S. military — if Congress gives its approval. But the U.S. will still spend hundreds of billions of dollars on its armed forces per year, even with the proposed cutbacks.

The $682 billion spent by the U.S. in 2012, according to the Office of Management and Budget, was more than the combined military spending of China, Russia, the United Kingdom, Japan, France, Saudi Arabia, India, Germany, Italy and Brazil — which spent $652 billion, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database.

US Military: Largest single consumer of petroleum in the world, too.



Discuss.

[Ibanez]

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/milita ... rld-n37461







Budget cuts and troop reductions are on tap for the U.S. military — if Congress gives its approval. But the U.S. will still spend hundreds of billions of dollars on its armed forces per year, even with the proposed cutbacks.

The $682 billion spent by the U.S. in 2012, according to the Office of Management and Budget, was more than the combined military spending of China, Russia, the United Kingdom, Japan, France, Saudi Arabia, India, Germany, Italy and Brazil — which spent $652 billion, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database.

US Military: Largest single consumer of petroleum in the world, too.



Discuss.

Disgusting, isn't it.

[mrklean]

Old News. DOD is a cash Cow. Ike warned us about this over 60 years ago.

[Pwns]

Base expenditures on what's good for the military and not what's good for defense contractors and that should pare down the spending a good bit.

[89Hen]

US Military Spends More Than Next Ten Countries Combined

Good. Somebody has to carry the big stick.

[93henfan]

Gee. I don't see Israel on the list. They have sweet ass jets, tanks, missile defense systems, etc. I wonder who buys all their stuff for them?

[Ibanez]

Gee. I don't see Israel on the list. They have sweet ass jets, tanks, missile defense systems, etc. I wonder who buys all their stuff for them?

That's about 25% of our budget.

Btw, I want you all to realize, that a portion of those govt's defense spending (except for China) gets spent in America.

[CID1990]

Gee. I don't see Israel on the list. They have sweet ass jets, tanks, missile defense systems, etc. I wonder who buys all their stuff for them?

Our spending IS their spending.

We're their defense, just like 3/4ths of Europe for the last 65 years.

I swear I wish we'd pull chocks on those motherfvckers tomorrow

Listen to the krauts and frogs SQUEAL after all these years of demonizing our militant ways

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

Good

Thats the way it should be.

[houndawg]

Base expenditures on what's good for the military and not what's good for defense contractors and that should pare down the spending a good bit.

Can't happen, every defense contractor owns several congressmen. We'll continue to buy shit that the General's don't want or need whether we like it or not....this is where the real welfare is.

[houndawg]

Gee. I don't see Israel on the list. They have sweet ass jets, tanks, missile defense systems, etc. I wonder who buys all their stuff for them?

Our spending IS their spending.

We're their defense, just like 3/4ths of Europe for the last 65 years.

I swear I wish we'd pull chocks on those motherfvckers tomorrow

Listen to the krauts and frogs SQUEAL after all these years of demonizing our militant ways

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Good

Thats the way it should be.

Our military should be stream-lined but I have no problem with having the strongest military on the planet.

[houndawg]

Good

Thats the way it should be.

Our military should be stream-lined but I have no problem with having the strongest military on the planet.

To what end? It isn't like there is anybody who has the capability to invade us

[kalm]

Our military should be stream-lined but I have no problem with having the strongest military on the planet.

To what end? It isn't like there is anybody who has the capability to invade us

Mexicans..

[Cap'n Cat]

Gee. I don't see Israel on the list. They have sweet ass jets, tanks, missile defense systems, etc. I wonder who buys all their stuff for them?

Our spending IS their spending.

We're their defense, just like 3/4ths of Europe for the last 65 years.

I swear I wish we'd pull chocks on those motherfvckers tomorrow

Listen to the krauts and frogs SQUEAL after all these years of demonizing our militant ways

Complete bullshit, CID. We spend that much on those countries because WE would have it no other way, they don't beg for it. WE choose to maintain relics of the Cold War.



As I said in a different thread a while ago, many of those nations wouldn't shed a tear of we packed up and returned sovereign territory to them in the form of army and air bases. And, "krauts and frogs", huh???

[AZGrizFan]

Well I, for one, would LOVE to find out which one of you is right on this...

[Cap'n Cat]

Well I, for one, would LOVE to find out which one of you is right on this...

It's a bad corner into which we've painted ourselves, Z.

[CID1990]

Our spending IS their spending.

We're their defense, just like 3/4ths of Europe for the last 65 years.

I swear I wish we'd pull chocks on those motherfvckers tomorrow

Listen to the krauts and frogs SQUEAL after all these years of demonizing our militant ways

Complete bullshit, CID. We spend that much on those countries because WE would have it no other way, they don't beg for it. WE choose to maintain relics of the Cold War.



As I said in a different thread a while ago, many of those nations wouldn't shed a tear of we packed up and returned sovereign territory to them in the form of army and air bases. And, "krauts and frogs", huh???

You seriously need to bone up on your NATO history. Particularly the diplomatic side at the NATO mission in Belgium. The Germans and the French talk one game to their constituents and a completely different one with the US when they're at the table in Brussells. It has been that way for decades. With a resurgent Russia threatening her neighbors both with shutting off the gas (Ukraine) and outright military force (Georgia)- the LAST thing they want is a US drawdown in Europe, because they know it will spell the end of NATO as a viable deterrent.

And yeah... krauts and frogs- you should hear what they call US

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Our military should be stream-lined but I have no problem with having the strongest military on the planet.

To what end? It isn't like there is anybody who has the capability to invade us

I'm sure you would just love for the US to completely do away with the military and let China become the world's military force. There doesn't need to be an immediate threat of invasion. Having the military we do is deterrent enough.

But I suppose your Progressive train of thought would believe that just sitting around holding hands and asking 'bad guys' not to harm us will do the trick....

[mrklean]

Gee. I don't see Israel on the list. They have sweet ass jets, tanks, missile defense systems, etc. I wonder who buys all their stuff for them?

Stop IT!, its too much like right. Phucking F-22 that cost too much to maintain and they knew this crap from day one. The damn F-35 aint wirth a crap and they want us to still fund this? REALLY!!!

FULL INVESTIGATION OF THE DOD!!!!!

[OL FU]

France is sixth

[houndawg]

To what end? It isn't like there is anybody who has the capability to invade us

Mexicans..

We invading them too, with retirees.

[Ibanez]

Base expenditures on what's good for the military and not what's good for defense contractors and that should pare down the spending a good bit.

Can't happen, every defense contractor owns several congressmen. We'll continue to buy shit that the General's don't want or need whether we like it or not....this is where the real welfare is.

[CID1990]

Our spending IS their spending.

We're their defense, just like 3/4ths of Europe for the last 65 years.

I swear I wish we'd pull chocks on those motherfvckers tomorrow

Listen to the krauts and frogs SQUEAL after all these years of demonizing our militant ways

Complete bullshit, CID. We spend that much on those countries because WE would have it no other way, they don't beg for it. WE choose to maintain relics of the Cold War.



As I said in a different thread a while ago, many of those nations wouldn't shed a tear of we packed up and returned sovereign territory to them in the form of army and air bases. And, "krauts and frogs", huh???

They don't, do they?

What do you think is happening at this very moment in Belgium? There PLENTY of "begging" going on as we speak- I figure Sevastopol will be Russian again soon

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Gotta love ol Pooty Poot his timing is impeccable if not coincidental

[houndawg]

To what end? It isn't like there is anybody who has the capability to invade us

I'm sure you would just love for the US to completely do away with the military and let China become the world's military force. There doesn't need to be an immediate threat of invasion. Having the military we do is deterrent enough.

But I suppose your Progressive train of thought would believe that just sitting around holding hands and asking 'bad guys' not to harm us will do the trick....

If stupidity were painful you would be rolling on the floor in agony right now.

Whats wrong with letting China piss away their wealth trying to be the world's policeman, anyway?