April 21, 2015

US military spending still up 45% over pre-9/11 levels;

Intercept - Despite a decline in military spending since 2010, U.S. defense expenditures are still 45 percent higher than they were before the 9/11 terror attacks put the country on a seemingly permanent war footing.

And despite massive regional buildups spurred by conflict in the Ukraine and the Middle East, the U.S. spends more on its military than the next seven top-spending countries combined, according to new figures compiled by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

That’s nearly three times as much as China, and more than seven times as much as Russia.

Saudi Arabia is now the fourth-biggest military spender on the globe....

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

And the Americans have lost every war even when they win all the battles.