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To: BroJoeK

Ha, I seriously doubt our good friends the Greeks spend over 36% of GDP on Defense, as you claim.


27 posted on 09/08/2008 7:08:58 AM PDT by Mercia
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To: Mercia
"Ha, I seriously doubt our good friends the Greeks spend over 36% of GDP on Defense, as you claim."

Sorry, I do my best to be both brief and accurate.
Obviously, in this case, I was too brief.

A few minutes googling up the population, GDP and defense spending of Sweden, also produced similar numbers for Greece.

But whereas Sweden spends 1.7% of their GDP on defense, Greece with similar population and GDP, spends 2.3%, which, if you do the math, is 35% more than Sweden.

Of course, neither matches the US 4.3%, but Greece is at least pulling UP the EU's 2% average, while Sweden is pulling it DOWN.

Does that clarify?

28 posted on 09/08/2008 10:14:48 AM PDT by BroJoeK (A little historical perspective....)
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