Thank you for looking this up, Ursula. I knew we weren't in the top ten but this shows we aren't even in the top thirty-five! B. On May 24, 2005, at 12:03 PM, Ursula Stange wrote: > Brian wrote: > As a percent of GDP the U.S. isn't even in the top ten in military > spending. > > U.S.: Brian's right. But look who you're keeping company with.... > Here's the CIA's list of top military spenders (and the CIA > wouldn't lie...) > > http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2034rank.html > > Ursula ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html