Stepping Stone

On a global level and with constant value, military expenses have doubled in the last 10 years as if there were no danger at all of any crisis. At this moment, it is the most prosperous industry on the planet. By 2008, approximately $1.5 trillion were invested in defence budgets. The U.S. spends 42 per cent of world expenses in this area — $607 
billion — not including war expenses, while the number of people who go hungry in the world has reached the figure of 1 billion.

— Fidel Castro Ruz