MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Mercosur spends less that 2% of GDP in defence; “no arms race in the region”
South America and particularly Mercosur spend less than 2% of GDP in military hardware which makes it the world region that less invests in defence, said a high ranking official from the Barak Obama administration visiting Paraguay. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesthis is dedicated for those neighbours down there in Malvinas
Aug 26th, 2010 - 05:14 am - Link - Report abuse 01 Elian
Aug 26th, 2010 - 10:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0Infortunately, many of them believe that a pacific attitude is a symbol of weakness and can´t appreciate it.
Argentina will spend less that 0,9% of its GDP in defence in 2010, according to the World Bank...
Aug 26th, 2010 - 11:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0This is a fact, our strenght and our best weapon....
Against all “internal and external ”enemies.
Lets follow the example of Costa Rica....
To have a race you have to have runners and Argentina is still in the vocal spectators section.
Aug 26th, 2010 - 01:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0A race of idiots and morons in wich Argentina,luckily, does not participate any more.............
Aug 26th, 2010 - 05:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Maybe you should play the game Civilization and see what happens when you don't have the military to protect your borders or strategic assets.
Aug 27th, 2010 - 02:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0I don't see Chile slowing down military purchases. They could control the sky in day if Argentina got a little too aggressive with them.
I'm in agreement with fred. Whoever thinks a nation is safe when not investing in its military forces, doesn't understand the nature of the international system. This is specially true of Latin America - for there's a certain country to the north of the region that is known for its rogue-ish and war-mongering behavior.
Aug 27th, 2010 - 03:20 am - Link - Report abuse 0To all Warmongers.....Read and learn.....
Aug 27th, 2010 - 07:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0Tony- A Pacifist Now-
http://www.thesun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/3113653/Return-to-Falklands-brought-me-peace.html
Another random and useless link from Think.
Aug 27th, 2010 - 01:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0History has proven that that you have to prepair for war if you want to live in peace. If south america is happy enough living like this then thats there problem, personally i like knowing that if war does kick off we have a force with the ability to do it's job.
National security is quickly becoming underated when the world shows no signs of becoming more peaceful
Random ????? Useless ?????
Aug 27th, 2010 - 08:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0This Tony guy....... I would buy him 1.000.000 pints...
Who are you?.... What are you?...... Just a sprout using other peoples lives to feel “protected”
Tony is a M A N
But elsewhere Forgetit says Brazil is planning to repudiate the NPT and produce nuclear weapons.
Aug 28th, 2010 - 05:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Of course, Mora sees no arms race. It's a co-operative effort, isn't it? Led by Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela.
It's a useless post because it adds absolutely nothing to the conversation and is completely random as usual with most of your posts.
Aug 29th, 2010 - 02:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0How any soldier(or ex) who was at one point in there life paid to kill people can claim to be a pacifist is beyond me.
(12)Zethe...
Aug 29th, 2010 - 04:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Of course it's “beyond you”............
That´s the diference between a “ turnip sprout” and a man....
It's beyond anyone, not just me.
Aug 29th, 2010 - 05:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Pacifism is the opposition to war or violence. Pacifists follow principles of nonviolence, believing that nonviolent action is morally superior and/or pragmatically most effective.
Someone who has been in the army and killed someone can not be a pacifist without being a hypocrite.
(14) Zzzzz............ethe
Aug 29th, 2010 - 06:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0That settles everything then....
Tony Banks;... pacifist,... 2 Para Falklands veteran,... worth 50 million £,... dad of three,... deeply involved in helping PTSD suffering veterans.... he is an hypocrite......
www.thesun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/3113653/Return-to-Falklands-brought-me-peace.html
You;... Zethe... let me guess....in your twenties.... still living with Mom and Dad.... never wore an uniform.... knows “ewerything that can be read about weapons” but never fired one..... You are telling us what the “Meaning of Life” is .....
Please..................
When did i mention the meaning of life? quote please?
Aug 29th, 2010 - 09:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0He's not a pacifist, he went to war, and killed people. That is the complete polar opposite of pacifism.
A hero? yes. A pacifist? impossible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKegAqMyFe0
Aug 30th, 2010 - 07:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Commenting for this story is now closed.
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