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Originally Posted by piece-itpete
Look at the % of GDP:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...y_expenditures
Folks say we (the US) are empirical, or arrogant, and spend too much on our military. However the world doesn't run itself, so in order for us to pull back we'd need help.
That's why I say, 'they' need to put their money where their mouth is. It's the only solution that we'd all want. See? 
Pete |
Somehow, you seem to think there's a magic number of money that needs to be spent for the military across the world. I would offer that a significant portion of US military expenditures are against threats that no longer even exist. We still spend untold billions on weapons systems designed for an all-out multi-front war against the Soviets on land, on the seas, in the air and in space.