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To: BroJoeK

Good statistics. I can only speak for the uk, but we are certainly getting lots of lovely new kit for the Armed Forces. 3.3% of GDP well spent I’d say.

Galling though that the French are seemingly spending more than us?!!!

Then again, they need to get their stuff up to scratch.


33 posted on 09/16/2008 8:28:34 AM PDT by Mercia
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To: Mercia
"Galling though that the French are seemingly spending more than us?!!!"

I'm currently reading an abridged version of Churchill's WWII memoirs, now on "The Gathering Storm," to match up with Homer J Simpson's postings of daily news reports from 1938.

Somewhere I read that in 1938, both Britain and Germany were spending about 15% of GDP on defense, and France could field 100 army divisions. So, we are nowhere near those levels today, and hopefully will never need to be again.

34 posted on 09/16/2008 2:13:58 PM PDT by BroJoeK (A little historical perspective....)
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