[rollei_list] Re: OT: Zeiss Agencies

It means he is trying to paint the US as a war mongering nation. Statistics
used this way can show a very distorted view.


On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This may have had some validity 20 years ago, but in a
> global/outsourced economy, what exactly does this mean today?
>
> Eric Goldstein
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 12:37 PM, FRANK
> DERNIE<frank.dernie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Not so. The US targets domestic suppliers for defen ce items. The
> majority of the UK budget is probably spent in the US too.
> >
> >
> > --- On Fri, 19/6/09, RM WISER <rwiser@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> From: RM WISER <rwiser@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: OT: Zeiss Agencies
> >> To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Date: Friday, 19 June, 2009, 12:22 AM
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Intersting! Most of this
> >> stimulus is probably for
> >> foreign countries.
> >>
> >> Roger
> >>
> >>   ----- Original Message
> >> -----
> >>   From:
> >>   Douglas Nygren
> >>
> >>   To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >>   Sent: Thursday, June
> >> 18, 2009 1:04
> >>   AM
> >>   Subject:
> >> [rollei_list] Re: OT: Zeiss
> >>   Agencies
> >>
> >> Here's a stimulus package in the U.S. that
> >> doesn't get much
> >>   press:
> >>
> >>  Top
> >>   10 Military Spenders in 2008
> >>  (in
> >>   billions of dollars)
> >>  1. United
> >>   States — 607.0
> >>  2. China — 84.9
> >>  3. France — 65.7
> >>  4. United Kingdom — 65.3
> >>  5. Russia — 58.6
> >>  6. Germany — 46.8
> >>  7. Japan — 46.3
> >>  8. Italy — 40.6
> >>  9. Saudi Arabia — 38.2
> >>  10. India —
> >>   30.0
> >>
> >> Source: Stockholm International Peace Peace Research
> >>   Institute
> >>
> >> Doug
> >>
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