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drray23

(8,590 posts) Fri Jan 9, 2026, 12:46 PM Friday

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ICE is truly a paramilitary force

Of epic magnitude. The funding is expected to be around 75 billions.

To put this in perspective, this would place ICE as the number 8 military in the world.

From SIPRI ( Stockholm international peace research institute, 2024 numbers i could find):

Germany: $88.5B

India: $86.1B

UK: $81.8B

Saudi Arabia: ~$80.3B

France: $64.7B

Ukraine: $64.7B

Japan: $55.3B

South Korea: $47.6B

Israel: $46.5B

Above this are the US, China, Russia.

The damm ICE could start buying tanks, fighter jets and all that.
It's war on America.

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ICE is truly a paramilitary force (Original Post) drray23 Friday OP

They seem to me to be the modern version of the SA (Brown Shirts) ... Spazito Friday #1

Why would any Democrat vote to fund this? leftstreet Friday #2

Spazito

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1. They seem to me to be the modern version of the SA (Brown Shirts) ...

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Fri Jan 9, 2026, 01:45 PM

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of Nazi Germany during their heyday.

leftstreet

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2. Why would any Democrat vote to fund this?

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Fri Jan 9, 2026, 01:48 PM

Friday

I'd also ask why would any Republican, but that seems...

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