The government, which was fighting wars abroad, became as addicted to the revenue from gin taxes.
Americans are used to fighting wars where, at the absolute worst, we are a technological equal of our adversaries.
Instead they are fighting wars in Afghanistan and in Iraq, where Britain has over 7, 000 troops, including a divisional headquarters.
The government, which was fighting wars abroad, became as addicted to the revenue from gin taxes as states are today to the revenue from tobacco.
The head of the British Army, General Richard Dannatt, and the head of the British armed forces, Air Chief Marshal Jock Stirrup, have both said British troops are stretched by fighting wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq.
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But a contractor currently working in Iraq said via e-mail that the military "could not likely handle" the reconstruction effort alone because its main focus is on fighting wars and security matters, not rebuilding collapsed or failed states.
However the American consumer subsidizes it more than once because tax dollars must also go to fighting wars to secure the oil supplies not only for America but also for other oil consuming nations and their growing economies.
We spend trillions fighting wars.
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History has shown that wars on nebulous enemies like poverty or stagnation do not end with victory, but with capitulation, because the means which government employs for fighting such wars actually create more of the thing the government is fighting against.
Admiral William Fallon is the supreme commander in a vast region where the U.S. is fighting two wars.
Britain is unlikely to be fighting major wars without its longstanding ally, so having jets that talk to each other is useful.
The Army has been the biggest offender in recent times, probably because it was awash in money appropriated for fighting ground wars in Asia.
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Joe Biden, has the ability to both set the economy once again upon the right path and the national-security credentials to lead the U.S. at a time when it's fighting two wars.
As Michelle has been saying, 1 percent of Americans may be fighting our wars, but 100 percent of Americans need to be supporting our men and women and their families in uniform.
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As it is, the country has found itself strained by fighting three wars at a time of tight defence budgets, as well as by the rationalisation of regiments and defence bases at home.
And when you talk about foreign policy and you say we ended the war in Iraq, we're going after terrorists, we're winding down the war in Afghanistan, and we're going to use the money that we save fighting the wars to do some nation-building here at home, Republican or Democrat, you get a cheer.
Georgia lost control of two separatist regions after fighting two disastrous wars in the 1990s.
Nary any inkling that marines protect our country, their point is fighting and winning wars.
Apart from two spikes attributable to the fighting of world wars, this ratio has been on a fairly steady upward march over the past hundred years.
Or maybe fighting too many wars in too many places is to blame along with our unwillingness to pay a reasonable level of taxes, based on ability, to fight these wars.
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The result has been to leave the armed forces fighting today's wars with yesterday's weapons.
When a prototype was operated by veterans of Vietnam and Somalia, they urged him to consider adapting this design for their comrades fighting today's wars - and tomorrow's.
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Instead, the prevalent Russian theory is that the Chinese will follow the advice of their great military philosopher Sun Tsu, who said the best general wins wars without fighting a single battle.
At a time when we are waging two wars and fighting a global network of hatred and violence, we need the service of all those patriotic Americans who are willing to do their part.
This is a man who can give an entire speech about the wars America is fighting and never use the word "victory" except when he's talking about his own campaign.
By making defence planners worry about fighting two nearly-simultaneous wars like that against Iraq in 1991, this rule-of-thumb has made it harder to prepare for the much broader range of threats which lie ahead.
Miller is perhaps better known for journeying across small-town Texas to rally ranchers in opposition to TXU's plans for more coal-fired plants, an effort that catapulted her to the central role in a recent Robert Redford-narrated documentary, Fighting Goliath: Texas Coal Wars.
We'll get an insider's view - someone on Capitol Hill who's been through the wars and is still fighting them.
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