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elias49

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9. Wow! Sounds like the United States!

Reply to pampango (Original post)

Tue Jan 13, 2015, 04:29 PM

Jan 2015

Enhance the military while more than half the population is "poor".
And kids aren't eating.
And our infrastructure crumbles.

Pot and kettle both going to s***.

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Russia sticks with enhanced military spending despite economic downturn and cuts in [View all] pampango Jan 2015 OP

Quick! Send more money to the Pentagon and MIC!! Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2015 #1

One would hope that Obama and others would just smile and let Russia spend itself into oblivion on pampango Jan 2015 #2

I doubt that there's any "maybe" about it. "Defense" is the sacred cow of this country. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2015 #3

"Oblivion still has room for both countries." True. Let us only hope that Russia and the US pampango Jan 2015 #12

That's what makes it so sad pinboy3niner Jan 2015 #8

Putin's megalomania drives his actions. He is out of control. nt ladjf Jan 2015 #4

Putin never got the memo that the cold war was over... Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2015 #5

Isn't that what led leftynyc Jan 2015 #6

Clearly, Putin not wearing shirts saves them a bundle! 11 Bravo Jan 2015 #7

Wow! Sounds like the United States! elias49 Jan 2015 #9

Given Russia's history, they tend to be a bit paranoid Lurks Often Jan 2015 #10

I suspect that overspending on the military is usually the result of paranoia of one form or another pampango Jan 2015 #11

You'd be surprised, the European Union spends more on the military Lurks Often Jan 2015 #13