Military spending tops Cold War record

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http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/international/ticker/detail/Military_spending_tops_Cold_War_record.html?siteSect=143&sid=7089380&cKey=1158909827000

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Global military spending is expected to hit $1.06 trillion (840 billion pounds) this year, topping the record set during the Cold War era, an international aid agency reported on Friday.

"Arms sales do not start conflicts, but they certainly fuel and lengthen them," said Bernice Romero, international campaign director for Oxfam International, the group that released the study. "It is time the world stemmed the uncontrolled flood of weapons into the world's war zones."

The previous record for military spending was set in 1988, towards the end of the Cold War, when governments spent an estimated $1.03 trillion, Oxfam said. After falling off after the Cold War ended, military spending has been steadily climbing since 1999, the group said.

Oxfam released the study as seven nations tried to drum up support at the 192-nation U.N. General Assembly for a treaty banning arms sales to those intent on genocide, human rights abuses or U.N. arms embargo violations.

[saigon68]

1. PISS IT AWAY BOYS PISS IT AWAY

[whistle]

2. It is worth looking at what Imperial powers of Europe did which

...lead them into WWI in 1914. There are many similarities it seems.

http://www.worldwar1.com/tlss1914.htm

http://www.worldwar1.com/tlalli.htm

Now, here is the link to MotherJone article Lie by Lie on events leading from 1990 to 2003 Iraq War

http://www.motherjones.com/bush_war_timeline/

Continue this by filling in the gaps up to the current conflict about to take place with Iran

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3. World conquest is expensive.

Throw in tax cuts and the US is heading for a train wreck.