The Super- Committee's Failure... Politics as Usual... And the MIC
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Liberty -v s -Tyranny Supreme Commander , Allied Forces WW II. President of the United States of America 1953 - 1961. A man of reason by choice. A man of war by necessity. Ultimately a leader with vision. Fast forward to today. It seems our nation continually finds itself involved in conflict across the globe. Conflicts that in the final analysis have largely been by choice. The United States spends more on the "defense" of our nation than the the total of the next seventeen nations who follow us in military spending . The eighteen countries with the largest military budgets. See table below for actual dollar amounts. It is clear that the United States has willingly assumed the role of "world policeman" and "protector of those in need of support." The cost to our nation has been staggering. Now to the point of this post. The "Supercommitte" that was given the responsibility of finding 1.2 ...