Democrats Vote To Give Trump Obscene $717 Billion Mílítary Budget

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Nighthawk117 said:

Hiku said:

The USA defense budget was already beyond insane before this vote...

I fail to see why USA's defense budget needs to be that much higher than the top 7 closest countries combined.
Need to vote all these people out.

Two points:

1. Have any terrorists hijacked airplanes and flown them into buildings of any of those other 7 closest countries?

2. If ever a terrorist group got their hands on a WMD - i.e. a stash of nerve gas, or bio weapon, or some plutonium and made a dirty bomb,would they be more likely to set it off in one of those 7 countries or in the USA?  To a terrorist, what's a more inviting target? NYC or Beijing? Washington DC or Riyadh?

Depends wholly on whom the terrorists in question have a beef with. Someone who is afraid of the rise in power of China isn't going to attach the US, he's going to attack China for sure. The problem for the US is that they supported crazy maniacs left and right if they just opposed the Soviet Union, which has left the US with a boatload of enemies.

But in any case, counter-terrorism is Police work (generally dedicated units even, like GSG9 in Germany), not work of the military. Hence why defending against terrorists isn't a valid reason for a military budget increase.