> Massive "End the Occupation" Protest in Baghdad Dwarfs the "Saddam Toppled" rally: Photos
12 April 2005, 06:17
Iraq did nothing to our Country.
Further more, A previously defeated Iraq with one-thirteenth the size of our Country (one-fifteenth if the UK included) & a defense budget of one three-hundredth (396 Billion in relation to Iraq’s 1.4 Billion), was never a threat to, "Our Country".
At least Hitler picked upon somebody more “His Size” with Holland (one fifth, Germany’s size), when he pounced through that unfortunate Nation in the spring of 1940.
Following are the Defense Budgets of various Nations in 2001.
The runner up, Russia in "Real Dollars" is way, way over-rated, due to an artificially high, "Russian exchange rate".
Also, Russia is now going through an expensive phase down period, closing down those huge pools of manpower-hungry military structures from the USSR era & they cannot even pay the salaries of the military professionals.
Note: The Present Pentagon Budget is now planned at 400.5 Billion.
Iraq did nothing to our Country.
Further more, A previously defeated Iraq with one-thirteenth the size of our Country (one-fifteenth if the UK included) & a defense budget of one three-hundredth (396 Billion in relation to Iraq’s 1.4 Billion), was never a threat to, "Our Country".
At least Hitler picked upon somebody more “His Size” with Holland (one fifth, Germany’s size), when he pounced through that unfortunate Nation in the spring of 1940.
Following are the Defense Budgets of various Nations in 2001.
The runner up, Russia in "Real Dollars" is way, way over-rated, due to an artificially high, "Russian exchange rate".
Also, Russia is now going through an expensive phase down period, closing down those huge pools of manpower-hungry military structures from the USSR era & they cannot even pay the salaries of the military professionals.
Note: The Present Pentagon Budget is now planned at 400.5 Billion.
Defense Budgets 2001 (in Billions) link:
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0904504.html”>click here for 2001 Int. Defense Budgets link
United States $396.1
Russia1 60.0
China1 42.0
Japan 40.4
United Kingdom 34.0
Saudi Arabia 27.2
France 25.3
Germany 21.0
Brazil1 17.9
India 15.6
Italy 15.5
South Korea 11.8
Iran $9.1
Israel 9.0
Taiwan 8.2
Canada 7.7
Spain 6.9
Australia 6.6
Netherlands 5.6
Turkey 5.1
Singapore 4.3
Sweden 4.2
United Arab Emirates1 3.9
Poland $3.7
Greece 3.3
Argentina1 3.1
Pakistan 2.6
Norway 2.8
Kuwait 2.6
Denmark 2.4
Belgium 2.2
Colombia 2.1
Egypt 2.1
Vietnam 1.8
Iraq 1.4
North Korea $1.3
Portugal 1.3
Libya 1.2
Czech Republic 1.1
Philippines 1.1
Luxembourg 0.9
Hungary 0.8
Syria 0.8
Cuba 0.7
Sudan 0.6
Yugoslavia 0.5
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