US Military Spending

Arms Down

John Feffer | Posted 04.10.2012

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John Feffer

We are in a dangerous zero-sum world in which a military reduction in the United States means a military increase somewhere else. To break out of this situation and create a virtuous circle of military reductions, we must pursue a three-prong strategy.

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Republicans Need More Than Rhetoric On Defense

The Washington Post | David Ignatius February 9, 2012 | Posted 02.10.2012

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Through 11 presidential elections, beginning with the Democrats’ nomination of George McGovern in 1972, Republicans have enjoyed a presumption of su...

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Summing Up

Nick Mills | Posted 03.03.2012

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Nick Mills

Every year's glories, catastrophes, triumphs and defeats are added to the long march of history; no year stands alone. One of the common ways to sum up a year is numerically.

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Lesson From Iraq: Bring Back the Draft!

Stephen Hren | Posted 02.27.2012

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Stephen Hren

If the Tea Party actually gave a damn about what the Founding Fathers said, they'd be screaming at the top of their lungs about getting rid of the most pernicious threat to our liberty and solvency that ever existed: our military.

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'It Is Like Holding A Gun To Your Own Head'

Nashua Patch | Robert Michaelson | Posted 11.21.2011

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The Republican candidate zoned in on military defense and foreign policy issues as he addressed employees of the defense and security company. He b...

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Barney Frank: U.S. Downgraded Because It Spends Too Much Being 'The Military Policemen Of The World'

AP | Posted 10.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The senior Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee says the biggest reason the United States is seeing its credit downgraded ...

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Why Is the Most Wasteful Government Agency Not Part of the Deficit Discussion?

David Morris | Posted 09.12.2011

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David Morris

Any serious battle plan to reduce the deficit must take on the Pentagon. When debt ceilings and deficits seem to be the only two items on Washington's agenda it is both revealing and tragic that both parties give a free pass to military spending.

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Elise Foley

WATCH: Cost Of Wars In Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan To Reach $3.7 Trillion

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 08.29.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The United States will have spent a total of $3.7 trillion on wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, costing 225,000 lives and creating...

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Cold War Redux: Is China Trying To Bankrupt The U.S.?

The Diplomat | Brad Glosserman | Posted 08.13.2011

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One popular narrative credits the end of the Cold War to a US strategy to bankrupt the Soviet Union. Well aware of the advantage conferred by its supe...

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Hawks Fighting the Wrong War on China

William Hartung | Posted 07.18.2011

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William Hartung

The hawks of the military-industrial complex who are hyping the Chinese threat to justify record military budgets are fighting the wrong war, to the detriment of our security.

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Can Americans Who Oppose War and Empire Work Together?

Kevin Zeese | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kevin Zeese

Or will both sides generalize about the worst of the other and allow militarists to win? Senator Lindsay Graham, a war supporting senator from South ...

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The End of (Military) History? The United States, Israel, and the Failure of the Western Way of War

Andrew Bacevich | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andrew Bacevich

Although Western liberalism may retain considerable appeal, the Western way of war has run its course.

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Buck Up, America! Your Best Days Are Still Ahead

Frankie Sturm | Posted 05.25.2011

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Frankie Sturm

America remains the strongest and most influential country in the world. However, according to a recent poll, 58 percent of Americans don't believe it. Who could blame them?

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Entering the Soviet Era in America

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Engelhardt

Drunk on war as Washington may be, the U.S. is still not the Soviet Union in 1991 -- not yet. But it's not the triumphant "sole superpower" anymore either.

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Putting the Pentagon on a Budget

Christopher Hellman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christopher Hellman

After a decade and a half of unparalleled budget growth, top Defense Department officials are finally talking about the possible end of their spending spree. And they're not alone.

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A Titanic Budget in an Ocean of Icebergs: Will the USS Budget Go Down?

Jo Comerford | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jo Comerford

A serious look at the budget reveals some "leaks" -- two in actual spending practices and two in the basic assumptions that undergird the budget itself. Ship-shape as it may look on the surface, this is a budget perilously close to an iceberg.

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An American World of War: What to Watch for in 2010

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Engelhardt

Let's pause a moment as the New Year begins and take stock of ourselves as what we truly are: the preeminent war-making machine on planet Earth. Let's consider just what the American way of war might have in store for us in 2010.

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As Washington Talks Iraq Withdrawal, the Pentagon Builds Up Bases in the Region

Nick Turse | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nick Turse

Washington is sending tremendous amounts of military material into autocratic Middle Eastern nations and building-up bases in countries whose governments often prefer that no publicity be given to the growing American military "footprint."

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How Many Enemies, How Much Military Spending?

Doug Bandow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Doug Bandow

Washington is spending more today on its military now than it did when the U.S. was confronting the Soviet Union, Warsaw Pact, Maoist China, and assorted Third World autocracies. Whatever could justify such outlays?

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F-22 Vote Worries Arms Investors

William Hartung | Posted 05.25.2011

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William Hartung

Even with the president and the secretary of defense on the right side, it took what President Eisenhower called "an alert and knowledgeable citizenry" to put the anti-F-22 effort over the top.

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Defense Secretary Scores Spending Cuts, But Not Satisfied: "It Would Be Nice To Win Our Current Wars"

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Robert Gates is on a roll. Question is, how long will it last? The politically savvy defense secretary scored big legislative wins...

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Will President Obama's Defense Budget Bankrupt America?

Sheldon Filger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sheldon Filger

At a time when the US in sinking deeper in debt amid a devastating economic crisis, does a bloated military budget that requires Chinese loans to finance represent a true enhancement of national security?

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A Ten-Point Solartopian Starter Agenda for the Age of Obama

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Harvey Wasserman

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan must end. The healing -- moral, spiritual, economic, and in terms of violence -- can only begin when the US leaves these battlefields.

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Will Obama be a Peacemaker?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.25.2011

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John W. Whitehead

Clearly, what the world desperately needs from America and its new president is a peacemaker, not another warrior.

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Russia Threatens American Hegemony with Fighter Jets to Lebanon

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Military, Russia, Oil, Oil Prices, Hezbollah, Natural Gas, Lebanon, United States, US Military Spending, America, Military Aid, Iran, Chavez, Syria, Hezbollah Lebanon, Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev, Israel, Ukraine, World News
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

After suffering serious losses during the 2006 summer war with Israel, Hezbollah reportedly increased its weapons arsenal three-fold, though they should have disarmed.

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