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U.S. Military Spending Overwhelms the Rest of the World

By Bernie Horn
June 9, 2009

Yesterday, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) issued its annual report on global military spending. Worldwide, governments spent a record $1.46 trillion on their armed forces in 2008. The United States accounted for 42 percent of the global arms spending. When will we realize that’s simply too much?

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Military Officers Believe Military Has Been Diminished By Iraq War

Submitted by Alexander Sewell
September 25, 2008

A poll of 3,400 military officers found that 60 percent say the U.S. military is weaker today than it was five years ago, and nearly 90 percent say the Iraq war has “stretched the U.S. military dangerously thin.”

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Kristol Pandering Again

By Timothy Gatto
June 23, 2008

William Kristol must believe that he is extraordinarily sanguine and the rest of us extraordinarily stupid when he wrote his column in the New York Times today. The column entitled “Someone Else’s Alex” was in response to a Move-On.org ad that showed a mother with a one-year old baby named Alex. more »

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How to Kill An Army: A Scenario

By Sara Robinson
April 16, 2008

The GI has rewarded veterans for their service by giving them the foundations on which to build a comfortable and successful civilian life. But the Cons have apparently abandoned that noble goal. it's not hard at all to imagine a scenario in which this new relationship to our military creates far-flung changes that may undermine the stability of our democracy.

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Most Military Officers Reject Bush's Strategy on Iraq

Submitted by Isaiah J. Poole
February 19, 2008

A sizable segment of military officers agree that five years of wrong priorities and wrong decisions in the war in Iraq has left America less safe. In a Foreign Policy magazine survey of more than 3,400 military officers, ranked major and above, 60 percent said that the U.S. military is weaker today than it was five years ago. More than half blame the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. more »

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"The U.S. Military Index." Foreign Policy. March/April 2008. Accessed February 19, 2008.
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Army Recruiting Off Target

From washingtonpost.com
January 23rd, 2008

washingtonpost.com — The percentage of Army recruits who are high school graduates hit a new low in 2007, evidence that the military has had to lower its standards to keep enough troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. There is also evidence that the pool of recruits is disproportionately poor.

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Democrats Bow to Bush's Demands Again, on Spending Bill

From washingtonpost.com
December 13th, 2007

washingtonpost.com — House Democrats handed the president a victory, agreeing not only to drop their demands for $22 billion in additional spending but to also shift funds from their priorities to Bush's.

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Democrats Bend to President's Will on Iraq

From iht.com
December 10th, 2007

iht.com — The decision to free some money for the war without a deadline or goal for withdrawal is a major concession by Democrats.

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