| It's not a "per capita comparison". I'm asking you, if you spend 6.6% of your own salary on something, would you call that "tiny"? Are you actually genuinely misunderstanding this or are you being obtuse on purpose? > It doesnt even make sense towards your original point as it gets paid out in times of peace. Right, so the USA is spending a huge amount on its military (remember, $445B is only the external contracts, not salaries etc.) and also simultaneously just happens to get involved in a bunch of conflicts without any clear goal or purpose. But the two are entirely unrelated, of course. > You're trying to cherry pick No. In case you don't know about it, there was a world war happening during the period '40-45. Why did the USA only need to increase it's spending by 400% in order to defeat Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, while needing a 81100% increase in spending in order to lose against Afghanistan etc.? > All the wars are clearly geopolitical in nature. Mind explaining the geopolitical goals achieved by the current war in Iran? Or the previous in Afghanistan? Or just pick any war in the middle east from the last 30 years. > They said holy shit we just got attacked in New York we need to retaliate. Retaliate against who exactly? |