Comments on: The U.S. Defense Subsidy http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/05/08/the-us-defense-subsidy/ The Sweet Release of Reason Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: dodly http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/05/08/the-us-defense-subsidy/#comment-25052 dodly Sun, 26 Jul 2009 06:42:50 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3405#comment-25052 i really like your blog its very nice information.<br>Check out my new blog <br><a href="http://fatloss-plans.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://fatloss-plans.blogspot.com/</a> You can find easy ways to lose weight, fat loss dieting i really like your blog its very nice information.
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]]> By: uknowbetter http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/05/08/the-us-defense-subsidy/#comment-25051 uknowbetter Sun, 17 May 2009 23:18:46 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3405#comment-25051 It's long past time to pull out of NATO. Let the Euros defend themselves. I for one am beyond sick and tired of paying for French and German wusses. It's long past time to pull out of NATO. Let the Euros defend themselves. I for one am beyond sick and tired of paying for French and German wusses.

]]> By: TGGP http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/05/08/the-us-defense-subsidy/#comment-25050 TGGP Wed, 13 May 2009 01:41:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3405#comment-25050 Steve Walt ponders why the U.S behaves in such a way <a href="http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/05/12/imbalance_of_power" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Steve Walt ponders why the U.S behaves in such a way here.

]]> By: Maggie's Farm http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/05/08/the-us-defense-subsidy/#comment-25049 Maggie's Farm Tue, 12 May 2009 20:29:53 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3405#comment-25049 <strong>Tuesday afternoon links...</strong> Bad all over: Toon above from SC&A Is Conservatism over? I doubt it. Student hoaxes world media on Wikipedia Malanga: Nearly a century of Washington’s efforts to promote homeownership has produced one calamity after another. Time to ... Tuesday afternoon links…

Bad all over:

Toon above from SC&A
Is Conservatism over? I doubt it.
Student hoaxes world media on Wikipedia

Malanga: Nearly a century of Washington’s efforts to promote homeownership has produced one calamity after another. Time to …

]]> By: Pithlord http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/05/08/the-us-defense-subsidy/#comment-25048 Pithlord Mon, 11 May 2009 20:26:19 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3405#comment-25048 I'd go for this, as long as you bastards pay your part for the French and Indian War. I'd go for this, as long as you bastards pay your part for the French and Indian War.

]]> By: Sigivald http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/05/08/the-us-defense-subsidy/#comment-25047 Sigivald Mon, 11 May 2009 18:51:20 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3405#comment-25047 Spam! Spam!

]]> By: Barry http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/05/08/the-us-defense-subsidy/#comment-25046 Barry Mon, 11 May 2009 17:01:40 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3405#comment-25046 "It's not just that the American Hyperpower acts as a global subsidy for our allies, it also acts as a repressing force for potential regional hegemons. In a way, by having one monopolistic entity in charge of global defense, at a level so high that it sets a barrier of entry for potential rivals that they are locked out of competing, possibly results in a much lower global defense expenditures. "<br><br>Sort of like a, oh, let's be coarse - government? “It's not just that the American Hyperpower acts as a global subsidy for our allies, it also acts as a repressing force for potential regional hegemons. In a way, by having one monopolistic entity in charge of global defense, at a level so high that it sets a barrier of entry for potential rivals that they are locked out of competing, possibly results in a much lower global defense expenditures. “

Sort of like a, oh, let's be coarse – government?

]]> By: Rimfax http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/05/08/the-us-defense-subsidy/#comment-25045 Rimfax Mon, 11 May 2009 15:44:34 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3405#comment-25045 The ever present issue for all countries is piracy. The US Navy's global presence, and ubiquitous naval air resources, has kept piracy tamped down, and improved the efficiency of trade by an easy overlooked margin. If the US were to scale back its enormous navy, the rise in piracy would likely be very notable until regional players starting taking up the slack.<br><br>Even though Canada is proximate to the US, it would suffer as much from increased piracy in the South China Sea as Taiwan and The Philippines would, leading them to either field a bigger navy or wait for China or Japan to start patrolling those waters more aggressively.<br><br>I would agree that naval posturing for economic rights has some value, but I suspect that it is easily overestimated.<br><br>An actual land-grabbing war is a far more distant concern in the modern world, even at the hands of a nuclear semi-rogue power like Russia. Bush Sr., for all his flaws, helped signal the dangers of initiating land invasions. The Georgia situation, unfortunately, has managed to muddy those waters a bit. The ever present issue for all countries is piracy. The US Navy's global presence, and ubiquitous naval air resources, has kept piracy tamped down, and improved the efficiency of trade by an easy overlooked margin. If the US were to scale back its enormous navy, the rise in piracy would likely be very notable until regional players starting taking up the slack.

Even though Canada is proximate to the US, it would suffer as much from increased piracy in the South China Sea as Taiwan and The Philippines would, leading them to either field a bigger navy or wait for China or Japan to start patrolling those waters more aggressively.

I would agree that naval posturing for economic rights has some value, but I suspect that it is easily overestimated.

An actual land-grabbing war is a far more distant concern in the modern world, even at the hands of a nuclear semi-rogue power like Russia. Bush Sr., for all his flaws, helped signal the dangers of initiating land invasions. The Georgia situation, unfortunately, has managed to muddy those waters a bit.

]]> By: defense spending: still spending | The League of Ordinary Gentlemen http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/05/08/the-us-defense-subsidy/#comment-25044 defense spending: still spending | The League of Ordinary Gentlemen Mon, 11 May 2009 14:02:03 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3405#comment-25044 [...] while Will Wilkinson makes a good case for the possibility of conflict in the Arctic Circle, it isn’t as though our decision is [...] [...] while Will Wilkinson makes a good case for the possibility of conflict in the Arctic Circle, it isn’t as though our decision is [...]

]]> By: tani001 http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2009/05/08/the-us-defense-subsidy/#comment-25043 tani001 Mon, 11 May 2009 04:03:53 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=3405#comment-25043 I do not know why they took this decision but good to know about this. Thanks for providing this information. I do not know why they took this decision but good to know about this. Thanks for providing this information.

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