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Originally Posted by Wagner
And why do you think Taiwan and S. Korean don't care about military spending, because they rely on the US to front that. The British also know that we will send them pretty much everything they need, if they need it. And Israel...wow...just sit back and watch the imports  |
Then how come Taiwan, South Korea, Britain, and Israel are all among the top 20 countries in military spending? Yet the countries we are supposedly protecting them from (North Korea, Iran, Syria) are nowhere to be found on that list.
You don't make a very good case for that argument.
And BTW, the number listed in this chart for the US does NOT include the $100+ billion seperately allocated for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan by congress later during the year.