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6. Wars and destruction

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Tue Feb 12, 2013, 11:53 AM

Feb 2013

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Pentagon urges delay in "devastating" $46 billion budget cuts [View all] michigandem58 Feb 2013 OP

To heck with that. Double it instead. Owl Feb 2013 #1

+10000, and cry me a river wordpix Feb 2013 #51

Wow! With all those 'brains' at the Pentagon, one would think they could find a way to sinkingfeeling Feb 2013 #2

How about closing a few of their many overseas vacation destinations and golf courses? xtraxritical Feb 2013 #33

Or could we possibly get along without some of the 1500 bases we have in 130 countries? sinkingfeeling Feb 2013 #40

There are lots of people in Okinawa who would agree with you Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #46

The Pentagon spends $20+ billion per year on air conditioning in Iraq and Afghanistan jsr Feb 2013 #3

What is it about Afghanistan? bucolic_frolic Feb 2013 #5

Possibly China jsr Feb 2013 #13

It's where empires go to die... KansDem Feb 2013 #16

The link is incorrect about Alexander the Great. former9thward Feb 2013 #44

The British fought a couple of Afghan wars Spider Jerusalem Feb 2013 #32

Yeah. november3rd Feb 2013 #4

Wars and destruction nineteen50 Feb 2013 #6

Thought we ended a war or two. What's the fucking problem? think Feb 2013 #7

We should have listened to IKE iandhr Feb 2013 #8

Clear something up for me. The Repos agreed with this way back when, right? mac56 Feb 2013 #9

War spending more than doubled during Junior's tenure Lasher Feb 2013 #10

Good chart. earthside Feb 2013 #20

The military is the most socialist institution there is, lol. xtraxritical Feb 2013 #34

Its actually worse than that chart. apnu Feb 2013 #48

There are other costs that should be included, as earthside noted. Lasher Feb 2013 #49

Republicans refused to support any job bills over the past four years. Now they will have to vote DhhD Feb 2013 #11

Why did US invade Iraq? Future Oil Contracts. Fossil corporation and the MIC owe us. DhhD Feb 2013 #22

Defense workers are middle class taxpayers Purplehazed Feb 2013 #27

Oh, so you admit the military is just another welfare program? xtraxritical Feb 2013 #35

Hardly Purplehazed Feb 2013 #47

Busy work for American youth. xtraxritical Feb 2013 #50

Yes it will have a seriously negative effect Zorro Feb 2013 #45

dumping ONE aircraft carrier would save them more than that. hobbit709 Feb 2013 #12

The Pentagon wouldn't feel bad about cuts to SS or Medicare. olddad56 Feb 2013 #14

I think it's the suddenness of the cuts that is disruptive--the Budget Control act TwilightGardener Feb 2013 #15

Yea I got yer "devastating" right here... L0oniX Feb 2013 #17

A little belt tightening for the military industrial complex marions ghost Feb 2013 #18

Too bad assholes, you find that 2.3 Trillion you couldn't account for on 9/10/01. nt Mnemosyne Feb 2013 #19

Amazing.."they" can afford to lose (misplace..lol) dotymed Feb 2013 #24

Fuck them and the LRAD they rode in on. nt Mnemosyne Feb 2013 #31

gravy train of billions-for profit private contractors is over, along with constant wars. CUT THEM. Sunlei Feb 2013 #21

Yeah, note that the cuts are aimed to inflict maximum pain and minimal gain lark Feb 2013 #23

DUMP the pampered poodle treatment the 4 stars enjoy leftyohiolib Feb 2013 #25

Nothing from the Pentagon is being "cut" bluestateguy Feb 2013 #26

We have 177 U.S. Military bases in every country areound the world. lib2DaBone Feb 2013 #28

177 is an estimate - they don't even know for sure how many they have. xtraxritical Feb 2013 #36

Im not worried about our military readiness but.. DCBob Feb 2013 #29

Yep, about time they think of something more productive to do. xtraxritical Feb 2013 #37

Its not just warmongers that are paid from the Pentagon budget. DCBob Feb 2013 #41

The Golf Courses? Are you going to get rid of those golf courses? SoapBox Feb 2013 #30

You mean the golf courses that pay for themselves through greens fees? jmowreader Feb 2013 #53

Hundreds of thousands of workers? docgee Feb 2013 #38

I think that is a high estimate but you have to understand how much the South sucks on the teat underpants Feb 2013 #43

dittos for many western states wordpix Feb 2013 #52

The DOD has 800,000 civilian workers. NutmegYankee Feb 2013 #54

Welfare Queens! DeSwiss Feb 2013 #39

Cut it NOW brightone Feb 2013 #42