A few facts:

  • Roughly half of the military spending of the world: U.S.
  • The US spends more on its military than the countries with the next largest military budgets COMBINED.
  • The monetary cost of the war in Iraq is over 400 BILLION, and going up by the second.

Ok, got that? Now, with that in mind, explain this article showing that this same military, already going through money like it was water, dilly-dallied and refused to get IED-resistant vehicles for years, despite IEDs being the biggest threat to the soldiers there. I am not liable if your head explodes while you do so, btw.

It should go without saying that I want this all to end, and think it absolutely ridiculous the amount of money wasted on killing people more efficiently. That said, within this scenario, such a decision is unconscionable. If you have the money to overpay Halliburton & glorified mercenary groups like Blackwater, you have the money to get better fucking armor. If the facts of imperialism and the inherent dehumanizing of yourself and millions of people you’ve never met aren’t enough to convince any sane person that joining the military is stupid, then the fact that they make decisions like these had better be.

BTW: What the hell happened at USA Today where they’re printing stuff like that? Did they grow some King Kong balls as of late or what?