The Hawkish, Historically Illiterate Case Against Defense Cuts - The Atlantic

The Hawkish, Historically Illiterate Case Against Defense Cuts - The Atlantic

Israel Matzav: Iron Dome is overrated, cannot protect Ben Gurion Airport from a 'Palestinian state'

A defesa israelense é superestimada?

Israel Matzav: Iron Dome is overrated, cannot protect Ben Gurion Airport from a 'Palestinian state': And wounding eight other people and doing lots of property damage. Seven rockets cost Hamas $1,050 ($150 each). The six that Iron Dome shoots down cost $600,000 to shoot down ($50,000 per interceptor, two interceptors per rocket). The one got through cost one dead Israeli, eight wounded Israelis, and several hundred thousand dollars in property damage. That sounds like a pretty favorable calculus for the terrorists.

Hezbullah is said to be capable of shooting hundreds of rockets at once from the north, which will only make matters worse.

Obama wants us to give up territory for a 'Palestinian state,' which would create a third direction for terrorist rocket fire, with Ben Gurion Airport only four miles (which is less than seven kilometers) away from that 'Palestinian state.' So does our own Left. In other words, in addition to its limited effectiveness, Iron Dome cannot protect Ben Gurion Airport.

What could go wrong?

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Pentágono: sem cortes adicionais

Se há algo que os EUA não vão nem cogitar em cortar mais é a defesa nacional:

The top two Pentagon officials warned Thursday that the spending cuts imposed by the congressional debt-ceiling deal are as deep as the military can stand.

Further reductions beyond the $350 million to $400 million already agreed by Congress and President Obama this week would be "completely unacceptable," said Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, in his first news conference since being sworn in to the post.

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Mr. Panetta also argued that the Pentagon should not have to absorb any cuts that might be recommended by a special congressional committee charged with finding more than $1 trillion in further savings.

"We're already taking our share of the discretionary cuts as part of this debt-ceiling agreement, and those are going to be tough enough," he said. "I think anything beyond that would damage our national defense."

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Pentagon warns against additional cuts - Washington Times

Para quem gasta mais de 500 bilhões de dólares com defesa anualmente, 400 milhões talvez façam cócegas.

Abaixo, um panorama mundial de gastos militares: 

http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficheiro:Military_expenditure_by_country_map2.png

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