Mitt Rommney, current US presidential hopeful, said last night:
And our military — we’ve got to strengthen our military long- term. We don’t know what the world is going to throw at us down the road. We — we make decisions today in a military that — that will confront challenges we can’t imagine.
In the 2000 debates there was no mention of terrorism, for instance. And a year later, 9/11 happened. So we have to make decisions based upon uncertainty. And that means a strong military.
It's sobering to be reminded of the USA's military expenditure in 2010:
And Iran isn't even listed! But then, you can never have too much stuff ...
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Perhaps the US is expecting ALL the other countries in the right-hand column to throw everything they've got at them ... all at once. When you're paranoid, you're never sure what others will do.
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