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notageek
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 Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:10 am Post subject: Military balance: The US and other key countries |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16428133
| Quote: | President Barack Obama has announced a future with a "leaner" US military.
The country was "turning the page on a decade of war" and faced a "moment of transition", he said.
Yet, although thousands of troops are expected to be axed, Mr Obama stressed that the country's military superiority would still be maintained.
Here is how the US's military might compared with that of other global powers in 2011. |
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pitcrawler
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Whatever Obama does with the military, either decreasing or increasing it's budget, will be condemned to the highest degree. |
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aidanjt
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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| pitcrawler wrote: | | Whatever Obama does with *, either decreasing or increasing it's budget, will be condemned to the highest degree. |
FTFY.
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notageek
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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Your country is not even part of EU, so why are you supportive of future EU president?
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pjp
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| Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 3:18 am Post subject: |
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| aidanjt wrote: | | pitcrawler wrote: | | Whatever Obama does with *, either decreasing or increasing it's budget, will be condemned to the highest degree. |
FTFY. |
If he were to cut the IRS by 90% and reduce income tax to the levels of capital gains, I'd volunteer to do door-to-door campaigning for him. The farther he is from that platform, the farther I am from volunteering to help him.
Of course, given his penchant for dishonesty, I'd be skeptical that he'd do it even if he said he would.
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