Charlie wrote: >...and judging by GDP figures, the USA is still fighting the Cold War.
Hmmm, I looked it up, and military outlays under GWB as a % of GDP were less than they were under Carter, around 4% or a bit less. vs. Carter's 5%+. And he said that the US was going to have to increase defense spending. Under Kennedy, they were about 10% of GDP, Reagan close to 6%. They've risen under Obama, but that's due to the slowdown in the GDP more than anything. So, only if you take the bottom of the Cold War spending, when anti-war Democrats were in the forefront, and this year under Obama, which is a special circumstance (defense spending rates are projected to fall to 3.6% in the budget), is that close to true. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
