Democrats Vote To Give Trump Obscene $717 Billion Mílítary Budget

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Jon-Erich said:

Aeolus451 said:

You have to consider the role the US military. It functions as a security force for all of North America, South Korea, Japan, EU, etc. It's easy to be snarky about US defense spending when your own country doesn't have to spend much due to the US protecting your shit and maintaining world peace.

Thank you for posting this. This is what a lot of people don't get. The majority of the US's defense spending comes from oversees costs. Personally, I don't think the US should be the world's policemen anymore. Maybe during the immediate post-WWII years, there was a reason for it and even throughout the Cold War, but there isn't anymore. The Commies aren't coming to take over and the Russians aren't the Soviet Union anymore despite what some people would like to think. The thing is some of these countries get real pissy when the US asks them step up their own defense. They're asking this in order to relieve the American taxpayer.

Allot of countries also pay the USA in Billions of dollars every year in their mutual defense agreement... I mean, trump has only whinged about that how many times?

In regards to some countries... The USA has bases in Australia because they are trying to counter China, we also give you a ton of support with information, infrastructure, food, fuel, air-space... And we even help train your military... And we are also the USA's main conduit into the area, it's of a strategic importance. - So we are SAVING you money.

We don't actually need you here, you can't actually invade and control all of Australia successfully, regardless of what movies might try and say otherwise.

I would imagine the same is applicable for a ton of other nations as well.