Comments on: Spain is NOT that different

By: Christian Schaller

Christian Schaller — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Actually there is a NATO agreement under which all Nato members are supposed to try to move their military budget towards 2% of BNP (if I remember correctly). Currerntly only the US and Turkey are at that level, but due to this NATO agreement maybe the other states would increase their spending too, like Spain.

By: Rodrigo Moya

Rodrigo Moya — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

And what is that for? To increase their power over other countries?

By: Russ

Russ — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Actually, the US is number 48. (Cuba is about 35th, but not listed as such)

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/mil_exp_per_of_gdp

By: Miiguel

Miiguel — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Hey Russ, it's EL PAIS newspaper, don't even try to do a reality check of their facts, everything is fabricated on demand for the current political debate in Spain. For example this news has been raised as an answer of the problems in the Moroccan border.

BTW, Rodrigo, Morocco has already invaded Spain once:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Western_Sahara#Since_1975

By: Roozbeh Pournader

Roozbeh Pournader — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Well, they may simply be planning to sell arms. With what is happening around the world, there may be more and more customers for advanced guns and stuff in third world countries.