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Originally Posted by wdmso
5-8 years more like since the Iraq war and Afghanistan both focused the American people and congress to focus on the bogy man.. Islamic terrorism . which Iraq and Afghanistan helped Fuel
not sure John what missed opportunities your referring to .. But its clear the big picture hasn't been in view since bush SR and isn't getting much attention now under the current administration . and the current 61 Billion needs to be spent by sept glad some going to the pay of our troops
but $61 billion increase matches or even surpasses Russia's entire military budget each year
so how is Russia a threat if their whole budget is around 61 billion and ours is 700 billion ..
must be the invisible f-35 $94.6 million each
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Last 5-6 years is when the threat for significant war increased dramatically.
We failed (US, EU) in general in bringing about a more stable world. Lots of good was done - reduced poverty, famine, etc but overall we could have done better.
For military budget we spend more on our personnel than any other country - this is a big cost. As is bureaucracy (something to keep in mind next time Gov should run something). Russia and China buy stuff far cheaper than we do and treat their people far worse.
Yes = procurement sucks