Asia Times Online, The American Conservative, Antiwar.com, Common Dreams, CounterPunch
They're all carrying Andrew Bacevich's latest — A cow most sacred, Dissonance on Defense, Cow Most Sacred, Cow Most Sacred: Why Military Spending Remains Untouchable, Why Military Spending is Untouchable.
"United States military outlays today equal that of every other nation on the planet combined, a situation without precedent in modern history," he reminds us. "The Pentagon presently spends more in constant dollars than it did at any time during the Cold War - this despite the absence of anything remotely approximating what national security experts like to call a 'peer competitor.'"
"United States military outlays today equal that of every other nation on the planet combined, a situation without precedent in modern history," he reminds us. "The Pentagon presently spends more in constant dollars than it did at any time during the Cold War - this despite the absence of anything remotely approximating what national security experts like to call a 'peer competitor.'"
Labels: America the Beautiful, Decline and Fall, Militarism, Paleoconservatism, Republic Not Empire, War and Rumors of War
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