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[QUOTE]Originally posted by DT: [QB] Do Americans spend too much? Do Brits spend too little? The following are from the CIA's handbook, and are military spendings as of fiscal year 1997/98, 98/99 or just 1998 unless otherwise indicated Afghanistan: NA Albania: $60 million Argentina: $4.6 billion Australia: $6.9 billion Bosnia: NA Brazil: $14.7 billion Canada: $7.1 billion China: $12.68 billion (1999) a Columbia: $4 billion b Croatia: $950 million (1999) Cuba: $692 million (1995) c Egypt: $3.28 billion (FY 1995/96) d Finland: $1.8 billion France: $39.831 billion (1997) Germany: $32.8 billion Greece: $4.04 billion e Grenada: NA f India: $10.012 billion g Indonesia: $959.7 million Iran: $5.787 billion Iraq: $NA h Isreal: $8.7 billion i Japan: $42.9 billion N. Korea: $7 billion (1997) j S. Korea: $9.9 billion Kuwait: $2.7035 billion Lebanon: $445 million (1997) Libya: NA k Mexico: $6 billion l Nepal: $44 million m Netherlands: $6.604 billion Nicaragua: $26 million Pakistan: $2.48 billion Peru: $913 million n Phillipines: $995 million Russia: $NA o Saudi Arabia:$18.1 billion (1997) Serbia: $911 million Sudan: $550 million Syria: $1 billion p Taiwan: $7.446 billion Turkey: $6.737 billion q UK: $36.7 billion US: $267.2 billion Venezuala: $1.1 billion Vietnam: $650 million a - China's is assumed to be higher, of course, their GDP is only 4.42 trillion, so they can't exactly be spending a lot. b - Colombia recieves most of that from the United States. c - This is an estimate, but their 1998 GDP was 17.3 billion, so they couldn't outspend Brazil without devoting almost everything to the military. d - Much of this is from the United States. e - This is an estimate. f - Well, they may be a threat!!! That 340 million dollar GDP could all be going to the military!! g - The world's most populous country barely outspends Canada. The US needs to worry about them. h - Iraq's GDP is $52.3 billion. i - US puppet state. j - I took the higher estimate. k - $38 billion GDP. l - And they still can't beat the ELZN. m - And they still can't beat the damn Maoists. n - And they still can't beat the damn Shining Path. o - Estimated to be about 6th of wait it was during USSR days. p - Probably higher. q - A lot coming from the US, glad to see it's my tax dollars going to murder the Kurds. Huzzah for holocausts! That should make it a little easier. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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