News and Politics | August 10, 2008 | 3 comments

2008 world military expenditure $1.473 trillion

source: http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/ArmsTrade/Spending.asp#USMilitarySpending

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"Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes … known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few.… No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare."

— James Madison, Political Observations, 1795
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3 comments // 2008 world military expenditure $1.473 trillion

  • symn8
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      symn8  

    • Damn those "defense" companies are earning some serous cash.
      I can't believe the U.S has the audacity to bitch about how China had increased its military budget.

    • 3 years ago
  • FallenMorgan
  • hereandnow
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      hereandnow  

    • The UN was set up to be committed to preserving peace through international cooperation and collective security. Yet, the UN’s entire budget is just a tiny fraction of the world’s military expenditure, approximately 2%. While the UN is not perfect and has many internal issues that need addressing, it is revealing that the world can spend so much on their military but contribute so little to the goals of global security, international cooperation and peace.

    • 3 years ago
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