CitadelGrad wrote:The Pentagon isn't pushing for another war. The U.S. military is already overextended and they know it.Chizzang wrote:This was right about when I'd felt conned...
Which cheers AZ up
When I realized shortly after he was elected Obama was just as much under the thumb of the Pentagon as the nimrod who dreamed up the war in the first place
Ugh...
Where's Jill Stein..?
Yeah... First of all "over extended" is code for "more money please"
There are large swaths of the military who'd rather we just cut back our obligations.Chizzang wrote:CitadelGrad wrote:
The Pentagon isn't pushing for another war. The U.S. military is already overextended and they know it.
We should start cutting back by laying them off straight away...AZGrizFan wrote:There are large swaths of the military who'd rather we just cut back our obligations.Chizzang wrote:
We are laying them off...to the tune of about 5,000 since the Afghanistan war started.Chizzang wrote:We should start cutting back by laying them off straight away...AZGrizFan wrote:
There are large swaths of the military who'd rather we just cut back our obligations.
5,000AZGrizFan wrote:We are laying them off...to the tune of about 5,000 since the Afghanistan war started.Chizzang wrote:
We should start cutting back by laying them off straight away...
That's laughable When you use theChizzang wrote:5,000AZGrizFan wrote:
We are laying them off...to the tune of about 5,000 since the Afghanistan war started.
We have the worlds largest military by about 5000% (and that's hardly an exaggeration)
smilie, I assume you thought that was laughable. 
Actually, we have a relatively small military per capita, compared to Russia, China, South Korea, North Korea and quite a few other nations of significance.Chizzang wrote:5,000AZGrizFan wrote:
We are laying them off...to the tune of about 5,000 since the Afghanistan war started.
We have the worlds largest military by about 5000% (and that's hardly an exaggeration)
No. It means dangerously close to becoming a hollow military. There are many in the military who didn't sign up to build an empire in SW Asia and no longer want a part of it.Chizzang wrote:CitadelGrad wrote:
The Pentagon isn't pushing for another war. The U.S. military is already overextended and they know it.
That is utter and complete bullshit..CitadelGrad wrote:Actually, we have a relatively small military per capita, compared to Russia, China, South Korea, North Korea and quite a few other nations of significance.Chizzang wrote:
5,000
We have the worlds largest military by about 5000% (and that's hardly an exaggeration)
Yeah... whateverCitadelGrad wrote:I stand by my statement. You said we have the largest military. You didn't say we have the most expensive.
Key words, Harvard grad.CitadelGrad wrote:Actually, we have a relatively small military per capita, compared to Russia, China, South Korea, North Korea and quite a few other nations of significance.Chizzang wrote:
5,000
We have the worlds largest military by about 5000% (and that's hardly an exaggeration)
Per capita spending or number of troops?AZGrizFan wrote:Key words, Harvard grad.CitadelGrad wrote:
Actually, we have a relatively small military per capita, compared to Russia, China, South Korea, North Korea and quite a few other nations of significance.
Google them if you don't know what they mean.
Harvard dropout.AZGrizFan wrote:Key words, Harvard grad.CitadelGrad wrote:
Actually, we have a relatively small military per capita, compared to Russia, China, South Korea, North Korea and quite a few other nations of significance.
Google them if you don't know what they mean.
CitadelGrad wrote: Harvard dropout.
I've provided the per capita data...AZGrizFan wrote:Key words, Harvard grad.CitadelGrad wrote:
Actually, we have a relatively small military per capita, compared to Russia, China, South Korea, North Korea and quite a few other nations of significance.
Google them if you don't know what they mean.
This data places the U.S. 66th in per capital for size of military.Chizzang wrote:I've provided the per capita data...AZGrizFan wrote:
Key words, Harvard grad.
Google them if you don't know what they mean.
Wow...glad we have a smaller army than Fiji!AZGrizFan wrote:This data places the U.S. 66th in per capital for size of military.Chizzang wrote: I've provided the per capita data...
State Total Military Personnel per 1000 capita
North Korea 386.7
South Ossetia 256.9
South Korea 173.6
Russian Federation 149.9
Singapore 112.2
Cuba 107.8
Israel 94.4
Azerbaijan 87.2
Taiwan 85.5
Armenia 80.3
Lebanon 77.6
Finland 74.6
Vietnam 62
Iran 57.7
Cyprus 56
Eritrea 52.9
Bulgaria 51.6
Mongolia 50.7
Belarus 49
Greece 43
Belgium 37.1
Switzerland 36.3
Iraq 34.7
Syria 34.3
Estonia 31.2
Austria 28.2
Portugal 28.2
Sweden 28.2
Jordan 28
Paraguay 27.2
Bahrain 26.7
Ukraine 26.6
Brunei 25.6
Georgia 24
Montenegro 19.7
Laos 18.9
Libya 18.3
Djibouti 17.8
Kuwait 17.2
Moldova 17.2
Egypt 17
Malaysia 16.7
Turkey 15.6
Norway 14.9
Denmark 14.6
Argentina 14.5
Algeria 14.2
Palestine 14
Oman 13.8
Qatar 13.4
Cambodia 13.2
Peru 13.1
Morocco 12.7
Serbia 12.2
Ecuador 12.1
Sri Lanka 12.1
Thailand 11.5
Colombia 11.2
Spain 11.2
Burma 10.7
United Arab Emirates 10.6
Honduras 10.2
Fiji 10.1
Croatia 9.5
United States of America 9.3
$$ spent because the shit we buy is mostly made in America by Americans and is horribly expensive, plus we ship our troops all over the world. Go back and check your reading comprehension on citgrad's original post, junior.Chizzang wrote:This was a budget conversation not a socials studies conversation...
We're talking about dollars spent per citizen
America is second ONLY to Israel (who we fund militarily and is not counted towards our numbers)
WTF are you guys talking about
It's a volunteer military