Skeptic Project

Amid all the talk about spending cuts for unemployment benefits, Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) has a counter proposal: cut NATO spending. The congressman told The Huffington Post that defense spending needs to be included in the discussion about spending cuts, and argued that the liberal community should focus specifically on NATO spending as an issue. The Democrat went so far as to question NATO's value.

"These kind of restrictions on domestic spending with unlimited spending for the war -- and you always have to talk about both -- is a great mistake," Frank said in an interview. "And the liberal community's got to focus more on Afghanistan, Iraq, NATO. NATO is a great drain on our treasury and serves no strategic purpose."

Lawrence J. Korb, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, estimated NATO-related spending makes up about 20 percent of the baseline defense budget, or roughly $100 billion a year, though the number is difficult to guess precisely.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/12/barney-frank-nato-serves-no-strategic-purpose.php?ref=tn

I don't know man... have you played Modern Warfare 2? :P

^ burn

@ Sil

I really get pissed off when people bash popular games. I assume you're bashing it because it's popular, as do like, 90% of everyone that I meet. I could be wrong of course.

The only problem I have with MW2 is that its online is REALLY aggravating.

It better just not be your cup of tea, otherwise you suck.

It has nothing to do with popularity, some of the best games out there are the popular ones. I just thought the campaign was hastily put together just so it could have a single-player mode. As for the multi-player, it had a really shitty spawning system and I just didn't like how easy it was to die compared to other FPS's that I had grown accustomed too. In other words, it's just not my cup of tea.

/nerd

Omni plays dumb games.

This is proven by science.

You wouldn't understand it.

I'm sorry, you still have a few years of idealism left. I just can't do it to you Omni.

Only the shard I play on though.

The left and the right coming together to call Omni a noob.

This is love, people.

well, ive been researching NATO engagements and policy since the end of the Cold War for my BA thesis, so I could talk about this issue for a bit. Instead here's a video that breaks it all down:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQkaD6fG8mk