One of those things. . .

[robespierrette]

. . . that we all sort of know, but don't usually hear about - what the real economic (and security) effects are of bloated and ineffectual spending at the Pentagon:
Chalmers Johnson at TomDispatch. (It's the indented article, five paragraphs down in the editorial).

Key graf: Given our economic crisis, the estimated trillion dollars we spend each

Comments

[pippagrey]

I think we'd see some sizable savings if Europe would step up and take a real responsibility for it's own defense.... Or maybe we should just send the EU a bill?

But they're quite right about inferior weapons.