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    Default Re: Dawn of a new EU - European Conservatives and Reformists Group springs into life

    we have the second largest official defence budget
    don't you mean 4th , after America China and errrrr.....France.
    But don't worry you also spend a smaller proportion of your GDP on defence than France.
    What you should be aiming for is defence spending like Ireland , that comes in as 147th in the world .
    Or even better go for Icelands approach and spend absolutely nothing

    we have the joint fifth largest economy
    You have the 2nd largest external debt

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    Default Re: Dawn of a new EU - European Conservatives and Reformists Group springs into life

    Quote Originally Posted by Tribesman View Post
    don't you mean 4th , after America China and errrrr.....France.
    But don't worry you also spend a smaller proportion of your GDP on defence than France.
    What you should be aiming for is defence spending like Ireland , that comes in as 147th in the world .
    Or even better go for Icelands approach and spend absolutely nothing

    You have the 2nd largest external debt
    i'm going by the International Institute for Strategic Studies: The Military Balance 2008 edition, not wikipedia. i did in fact state that in the original post, but i edited out precisely because i knew i could have so much fun with careless nitpickers, and guess who showed up.

    and so what? i'm not saying its great, but times are tough you know and we have just had 12 years of labour throwing money up the wall.
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