Comparison - US Military Spending to Terrorists Spending

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$420,000,000,000 + 2,600,000,000+ to Israel

Or

$663,000,000,000,000

(depending on what figures you count)


1. United States: $1,738/person/year
2. Israel: $1,575





10. Iran: $62
11. China: $62
12. India: $17

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How much do you suppose that Hezbolla or some other terrorist group spends on weapons per year/ and/or per/person/year?

.00001% of what the US spends or something - $10/person/year maybe? Maybe a dollar.

I think people should keep things in perspective.

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"The main reason for the increase in world military spending is the massive increase in the United States, which accounts for almost half of the world total…. In the absence of (appropriations for the new war on terror, and on Iraq), US military expenditure would still show a significant increase, but at a much slower rate, and world military spending would show a rise of 4 per cent rather than 11 per cent in 2003."


"During his 2000 election campaign, President George Bush had promised an an additional 45 billion dollars over nine years to the military budget. Yet, that increase was seen in just the Fiscal Year 2003 request alone. This large increase is attributed to the “War on Terror”.

"The next two largest items were education and health, getting $60bn and $51bn (7% and 6.2% of discretionary budget) respectively."

http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/ArmsTrade/Spending.asp


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Does anyone think that there is an amount that we could spend that would prevent harm to Americans somewhere in the world by people who are angered by the US (and Israel's) terrorism of the world?

I don't.

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P.S. I am using the word "terrorist", "terrorism" to mean any armed type of warfare by groups of people in defense of their territory or way of life (though we don't tend to include gangs in this sort of thing) - for these purposes - it could include anything from nuclear bombs to "gatorade" bombs.