The Pentagon Takes Over


	The Pentagon Takes Over

JICWyllie

5-27-2008 10:02 AM

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politics, military, i-spending, i-increase, i-record

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5-27-2008 5:28 PM

Socratoad

Its hard to visualize such extravagance and waste

5-27-2008 5:30 PM

Socratoad

Welfare in uniform.

5-27-2008 7:44 PM

ratilfar

Corporate welfare that is. Most of that money goes to so called "defense" contractors. Welcome to the Military-Information Complex.

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Bush's two terms in office may be the greatest story never told of our time.  It might, in fact, be the most important American story of the new century </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/174936/frida_berrigan_the_pentagon_takes_over">the new age of the Mega-Pentagon.   Almost six years later, the scale of that institution's expansion has yet to be fully grasped, </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/174936/frida_berrigan_the_pentagon_takes_over"><B>1.  The Budget-busting Pentagon:</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/174936/frida_berrigan_the_pentagon_takes_over">$300 billion when George W. 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