Democrats Vote To Give Trump Obscene $717 Billion Mílítary Budget

[Nighthawk117]

the-pi-guy said:

Nighthawk117 said:

Ok, people...Let's advance this debate...

Would the world be safer/more peaceful/less terrorist attacks if the USA spent say about $100 billion dollars on military spending as opposed to $700 billion?

And, would other countries like Russia, Iran, North Korea, etc. not capitalize on the USA's unilateral disarmament?

Hypotheticals like this aren't particularly meaningful.

You can't assume one extreme or the other.  The world doesn't work like that.  

You're basically trying to stack the deck in your favor because few people are going to agree with the latter extreme.  

Which isn't particularly useful for "advancing the conversation".  

Ok, therefore....How much should the USA commit to defense spending on an annual basis? 

The OP had a conniption over the FY 19 total of $717 b.

In my opinion, yeah that is a bit excessive, I think $500-$600b is sufficient.  What say the rest of you? 

Give specific amounts, or a range of specific amounts like I just did.

Last edited by Nighthawk117 - on 06 August 2018