-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 1/6/01 6:24:00 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Name this country: > 709,000 regular (active duty) service personnel; > 293,000 reserve troops; > Well, don't feel too bad if you are unable to identify this global > superpower because this country no longer exists. It has vanished. > These > are the American military forces that have disappeared since the 1992 > election of Bill Clinton and Al Gore. > Sleep well, America. > [snip] > http://afr.com/world/uspolicy.html exerpt Under President George H. Bush, the current Republican candidate's father, defense spending was cut by 25 percent, with these cuts taking effect during the Clinton administration. Last year, however, Clinton approved a US$112 billion increase in defence spending over the next five years. ---------- http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/01/24/pentagon.budget/ exerpt Last year, the administration proposal was $267 billion. Congress added almost $5 billion to that to bring the total to $272.4 billion for fiscal year 2000, for a total increase of $9.8 billion, or 3.75 percent. This did not include supplemental appropriations to cover the cost of operations in Bosnia and Kosovo. This year's proposed $291 billion is an increase of 6.83 percent. The last time the Pentagon received so large an increase in its budget was in 1983, when the defense budget went up 7.4 percent to $239 billion. In 1999 inflation-adjusted dollars that would be equal to $383 billion. ------ Samantha <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
