Explores worldwide military expenditures, percentage of civilian casualties, currently recorded presidential candidate's advisers. by Linda Inveninato
(libertarian)
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
A Vote for Change?
Statistics show that civilian deaths due to wars have increased dramatically since WW1:
And now in Iraq and Afghanistan, civilians account for 90% of the death toll.
Americans are dissatisfied with the Iraq War, sold through falsehoods of Weapons of Mass Destruction. In 2006 we went to the polls and overwhelmingly chose anti-war candidates from the Democrats to replace the Republican war party. Yet, those same electees did not serve America well. Although they have the power to revoke the president's war in Iraq by refusing funding, they have chosen to continue to support this terrible foreign policy of war.
Why?
The monetary prize for the 2008 presidency is indeed a large one. The budgeted 2008 US Military expenditure is $623 billion. The US spends more than the entire world combined and 10 times that of China, the next largest spender. The new administration will control a purse of approximately that amount.
Where will this purse be spent?
In the presidential campaign little television coverage has been given to perhaps one of the most important aspects of the candidates: their advisers. These are the men and women who likely form the backbone of the candidate's future cabinet if elected president.
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