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SamuelRSmith said: You have to consider that the United States political system works very differently to most other countries. Yes, defense as percentage of Federal budget is high... but it's one of the few areas that the Federal Government is supposed to focus on. When you include state Governments, which do most of the things that most central Governments do, the numbers are different. Also, local, etc. |
On a side note.
Wasn't that you who was trying to persuade me that China is a threat to US interests in the Pacific (I'm rewording, the initial quote was smth about a threat to Hawaii, almost like Pearl Harbor 2, no?). Didn't I tell you then that if smth will happen it won't go out farther than South China Sea?
Limits of China's Submarine Operations as per Stratfor
On top of that they do not have a single aircraft carrier operational. All that makes China strategically in defence, not offence.
Well, just using an opportunity for "told you so" remark :D
