Originally posted by FUNKED1
Rip please explain to me how there is any significant external threat to our freedom, and furthermore please explain how spending such a ridiculous percentage of GDP on defense neutralizes that threat.
Funked, prior to 9.11, I always told my wife that if a terrorist had his watermelon together, they'd set off a nuke with the WTC as its epicenter. You take out wallstreet, and all records, created a 7 trillion dollar problem, and you've taken the US to its financial knees, not unlike that of the former Soviet Union (with a miliary build up race instead of a catastrophe) Apparently, Wallstreet and our central bank systems after taken action post-9.11 to prevent this sort of thing from happening, however the threat of a major city being devastated by a chemical, biological, or nuclear attack is enough to be "involved" in what is transpiring in the world, this include the occupation of countries such as Iraq, which recently has proven to be true regarding the Libya scenario recently.
There are people in the world today that simply hate us for our lifestyles alone, let alone lack of faith or lack of THEIR particular faith. They will do anything, make up any excuse, to bring #1 down. If you can't see that in todays world events, then maybe you should spend less time on the WRX websites and more time paying attention to current events.
Regarding our GDP percentage on defense, its minute compared to that of the former Soviet Union.
