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Originally Posted by AzX5
Why would most countries need a huge defense budget when they know the U.S. will come to their aid immediately if ever needed?
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Are you trying to be funny here??
"Come to their aid"?? You've got to be kidding. The US is the reason that most of these countries have as high a defense budget as they do. Most of the countries we are talking about (China, Russia, Pakistan) have the defense budgets that they do because they fear a US invasion. If it weren't for the US, they would have much lower defense budgets.
This is an arms race being driven by the huge US defense budget. The other countries are simlpy trying to keep up.