increase military spending

Your's country war industry(among many others!) is dominant factor inside your economic system!If you are president what will be your steps?Without basic changes inside world economic systems,gossips are just
as mosquito bytes!?!


Edited by medenaywe - 23-Apr-2011 at 09:39

What if the US brought all its troops home, and focused on defending the home land?  Any positioning of troops outside the US would have to paid for by the industry wanting that.   If we had no choice but to enter a war to defend our homes and families, we agree to pay for the war by selling war bonds, as we funded past wars.  

Let the UN be the world's policeman. America should use her troops to protect her own borders, not invade other countries

Thank you all.   But we need CV here for a different point of view.

I so wish I knew the history behind the US permanently stationing troops around the world.  Obviously following WWII all the involved countries were very vulnerable and needed protecting, as Iraq needing protecting after the established power was destroyed, but the idiots responsible for this destruction, were completely unprepared to do the necessary protecting!  But to make the US troops stationed around the world a permanent arrangement for which US tax payers must pay, is a terrible thing, isn't it?  Why have not these troops been removed long ago?  

As for the threat to the US, the threat is the military technology of the second world war.  Any country can develop this technology and use it against the US.  From what I know of economics, other countries could perceive the US as an economic enemy that threatens their very survival.   I am not sure how this will play out.  I do think we have been on the path of economic disaster and war, ever since we based on economy on oil.  This was known as early as the 1920's, because I read it in 1920's newspaper.   But it is more than this.  Oil is sold in dollars, and oil countries were (past tense) putting their money in US banks, and this gave the US incredible control of world economies.  To have dollars to buy oil, many nations did whatever they could to have dollars, and they pegged their currency to US dollars.  I really think 9/11 was a warning, not an attack on US citizens.  9/11 is what we dial when there is an emergency.  I think if we had a better understanding of oil and currency values and how the US began loosing control, we have a better understanding of the message, and respond to it completely differently than we have.    But we are not geared to think in these terms, and we need CV to give us the thinking we are working with.

We need to understand economic conflicts to understand the potential for future wars, and thanks to the owners of these forums, who give us place to discuss such things.   The whole world is increasing military budgets right now.  The world is preparing for war.  Surely it can be argued, the only defense is a strong offense.  

The rationale for continued deployment has not changed since WW2 nor will in in the near foreseeable future.

Centrix Vigilis , thank you very much for that information.  I need to use my newer computer because there is a lot this one won't download and your link doesn't come for me.  But can you give us more information?  Like can we access those peace treaties and information about them?   Imagine a high school class that explains all this stuff.  Shouldn't we know where our troops are, and what our treaties are?  Then take the class into geography lessons about each country, its terrain, population, resources.   Seriously aren't we pretty ignorant for self governing people?   How can we make good decisions based on what we know?  May be this excuses hiding our military spending, because unless the people live in fear, they do not want to support the Military Industrial Complex, and as the memory of WWII fades will there remain enough fear to continue this spending? 

I am removing my doubts about who benefited from 9/11, to focus on the facts of military spending and our treat obligations.  



Edited by Athena - 25-Apr-2011 at 15:55

 http://www.registerguard.com/web/polls/26154598-56/military-spending-billion-defense-obama.html.csp

I think we need to understand the Military Industrial Complex is about supporting the industry that develops and markets weapons to governments.   It became on uncontrolled gravy train because of 9/11.   Our local paper suggest we can decrease military spending, since that spending nearly doubled following 9/11, not counting the cost of the invading Iraq and Afghanistan. 

http://www.state.gov/s/l/treaty/tif/index.htm

Here is information about US treaties.  I can't access it until I start up my newer computer, but may be someone else can check it out and report on the site? 


Edited by Athena - 25-Apr-2011 at 16:02

Information on exstant treaties enjoined by the US can be found by visiting the US State Dept Web site.

FY2011 Contract authorizations as an example.