More Insane Hypocrisy from the Bush Regime

More insane hypocrisy from the Bush regime: now
Condoleeza Rice is concerned about an increase in
China's military budget, and says China "should
undertake to be transparent about what that
means."

Rice says we must "make sure that we're looking at
a Chinese military buildup that is not outsized
for China's regional ambitions and interests."

The source of all the concern is that China raised
its military budget to 35 billion dollars. Big
deal. The U.S. currently spends nearly 500
billion dollars a year on its military. When you
consider that the population of China is 4.4 times
the population of the U.S., the fact that they
spend one fourteenth as much on their military
doesn't seem like such a big deal.

If we look at military spending in terms of per
capita spending, the U.S. spends almost 1700
dollars per person on its military, while China
spends about 27 dollars per person on its
military. The U.S. spends 62 times as much per
person on its military than China spends!

A couple of months ago, the Bush regime was
concerned about the tiny amount Venezuela spends
on their military, now it's China. Considering
that the U.S. spends as much on its military as
the rest of the world combined, there is
definitely something wrong with this picture. Is
the U.S. concerned that other countries might have
the ability to defend itself from a U.S. attack?
Oh my, we couldn't have that, could we? What's
going on here? Why does the U.S. insist it must
have military superiority over the entire rest of
the world?