| By Mike Collins - Sep 25th, 2009 at 11:09 pm EDT |
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Categories: Peace & Social Justice, Foreign Policy & Security, Effective & Ethical Government, Corporate Accountability / Workers' Rights, Religion
.......for they shall have peace. Jesus H. Christ
FYI, we spend $600 billion a year on defense plus supplemental funding in the $ billions. China is #2 at $71 billion. There ought to be a law against throwing gasoline on a fire. MC
"Almost every weekend, there are cocktails and closed-door presentations in the suites of New Delhi's five-star hotels, hosted by retired admirals and generals from the U.S. armed forces who now work for defense firms, such as Raytheon and Northrop Grumman." Who better than a general to promote weapons systems? That's all they're really good for, with the exception of begging for more troops and explaining why they had to destroy the village to save it.. They make tax and spend Democrats look like puppies trying to pee like a big dog.. MC
U.S. Eyes Bigger Slice Of Indian Defense Pie
New Delhi Boosting Military Budget in Modernization Mission
By Emily Wax Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, September 26, 2009 NEW DELHI -- In the ballroom of a five-star hotel here, executives from Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin, the world's biggest arms supplier, threw a candlelight reception one recent night to woo Indian defense experts as their country embarks on a major military shopping spree.
India plans to spend an estimated $100 billion on defense over the next decade to modernize its Soviet-era arsenal. With its growing military footprint, India is steering away from traditional ally Russia, its main weapons supplier, and looking toward the United States to help upgrade its weapons systems and troop gear.
As the world's largest democracy, India is seen as the most dependable U.S. ally in a part of the world that also includes Afghanistan and Pakistan, both of which are racked by Islamist insurgencies. But India's expanding military ambitions, and the U.S. role in selling this nuclear-armed nation more firepower, is starting to worry its neighbors, especially perennial rival Pakistan. India also has ongoing border disputes with another Asian giant, China, which defeated it in a short 1962 war.
