Comments on: Shouldn’t Diplomacy Be a Higher Priority? http://themoderatevoice.com/18367/shouldnt-diplomacy-be-a-higher-priority/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:25:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: JSpencer http://themoderatevoice.com/18367/shouldnt-diplomacy-be-a-higher-priority/comment-page-1/#comment-152954 JSpencer Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:45:16 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/foreign/18367/shouldnt-diplomacy-be-a-higher-priority/#comment-152954 Only 6% for international affairs compared to 83% for military? Good grief...<br><br>Scott Paul is right when he says, "This amendment is a minor adjustment, not the radical recalibration that is required." Only 6% for international affairs compared to 83% for military? Good grief…

Scott Paul is right when he says, “This amendment is a minor adjustment, not the radical recalibration that is required.”

]]> By: Shouldn’t Diplomacy Be a Higher Priority? · The Spin Doctor http://themoderatevoice.com/18367/shouldnt-diplomacy-be-a-higher-priority/comment-page-1/#comment-111242 Shouldn’t Diplomacy Be a Higher Priority? · The Spin Doctor Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:32:46 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/foreign/18367/shouldnt-diplomacy-be-a-higher-priority/#comment-111242 [...] Global Voices Online wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptShouldn’t Diplomacy Be a Higher Priority? March 12th, 2008 by PAUL SILVER Smart Power Vote Coming Tomorrow in Senate International Affairs, which includes our diplomacy, development and international organization expenses, comprises just over 1.2% of our total federal budget and only 6% of our national security spending along with 83% for military and 11% for Homeland Security. It seems to me that a larger proportion of money for eradicating disease, pumping and purifying water, microloans [...] [...] Global Voices Online wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptShouldn’t Diplomacy Be a Higher Priority? March 12th, 2008 by PAUL SILVER Smart Power Vote Coming Tomorrow in Senate International Affairs, which includes our diplomacy, development and international organization expenses, comprises just over 1.2% of our total federal budget and only 6% of our national security spending along with 83% for military and 11% for Homeland Security. It seems to me that a larger proportion of money for eradicating disease, pumping and purifying water, microloans [...]

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