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  • The real threat to U.S. security

    05/19/2006 7:37:38 PM PDT · by muleskinner · 44 replies · 796+ views
    Seattle Times ^ | Thursday, March 02, 2006 | Rick Steves
    The real threat to U.S. security By Rick Steves Special to The Times Rick Steves The greatest risk to our society today is not Islamo-fascist terrorism, but the people who use that term to scare us. As the human, fiscal and ecological damage caused by our nation's economic priorities grows, it's becoming clear that we're addicted to more than oil — we're addicted to military spending, too. The United States spends as much on its military as the rest of humanity combined: more than $400 billion annually (not including the hundreds of billions of dollars for the wars in Iraq...