Mind-boggling defense spending

An article by Winslow Wheeler at counterpunch about the incredible amount of tax dollars spent on defense. How can our nation sustain these expenditures? Our nation is hemorrhaging from this unilateral war in Iraq. Any fool who recites the list of nations "allied" with the U.S. in this expedition should recite how much money those countries have spent on the war effort. Is Kuwait going to repay us for our expenditures this time? Ha!