Hello fellow addicts of the USA. Let's talk, OK? It's way past time that we faced our addictions.

No, I'm not talking about addictions to alcohol, or drugs, or even to playing footsie in airport bathrooms. It's those other addictions. Yeah, you know the ones: the addictions to military spending and waging war in other countries as a form of entertainment.

Now hold on. Before you go bolting for the doors, we've got our nice friends here on Daily Kos from Canada, the UK, New Zealand, France and, oh yes, especially our friends in Germany and Japan. Now just sit down and let's look at the facts.