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Beltway Austerity Values

Submitted by Jad Davis on Mon, 2011-04-25 03:00

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http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/04/21/post/index.html

". . . it's vital that we continue to splurge for military spending that is almost equal to what the entire rest of the world spends combined, and that we continue to spend 6 times more than the second-largest military spender . . . Because we may need to fight our fourth, fifth and sixth wars (not counting the covert ones) and must remain ready to start those wars at a moment's notice."

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