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CentralEuropeanDude Donating Member (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-21-05 10:26 AM
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3. f*ck you Musharraf!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051014/hl_afp/quakesasiapakistan_051014185025
says:
...
Military spending in the nuclear-armed nation makes up about five percent of Gross Domestic Product, compared with 3.2 percent on health.
...

5% of GDP for Military spending!


http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/pk.html
says:
...
GDP is $347.3 billion
...

hmmm,
5% of $347.3 billion is $17.4 billion.
That's $17.4 billion for Military spending!

Spending money on nuclear weapons is totally inadequate for a third world country.

... but that Pakistan needed about $5 billion to rebuild devastated areas ... f*ck you Musharraf!

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