posted on Friday, October 07, 2005 by "US President George W Bush has announced plans for a $48bn increase in defence spending to fight the war on terror.
The increase - of nearly 15% - will be the largest rise in US military spending in 20 years..." cont'd...
"...We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the militaryindustrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist..." - Eisenhower
"To suggest that war can prevent war is a base play on words and a despicable form of warmongering. ...The world has had ample evidence that war begets only conditions that beget further war." - Ralph Bunch
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Wasn't it Einstein who said that you cannot simultaneously prepare for war and peace? I don't know that I believe it, but it's a thought worth considering from time to time.
12:47 PM, October 07, 2005-Mark
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