No Slowdown for Weapons Industry

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Published on Friday, September 11, 2009 by Inter Press Service
No Slowdown for Weapons Industry
by Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations is surprised at the continued rise in global military spending - particularly at a time when the international community is grappling with a spreading financial crisis which threatens to undermine the poverty reduction goals of the world body.

"The world is over-armed and peace is under-funded," says Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who points out that global military spending is estimated at over one trillion dollars - "and rising every day".

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/09/11-10

He is exactly right, in my opinion. Every dollar of military spending dictates one less dollar for food, health-care, education .... we are all dreaming if we expect poverty and hunger to get better any time soon in this political climate of fear and loathing.