05-06-2016, 02:40 AM
(05-06-2016, 01:39 AM)bfine32 Wrote: Gots to pay the cost to be the boss.
I surmise there are those that wish we were weaker.
There are also those who believe that there is more to strength than one's capacity to kill people. At 3.5% of GDP, it seems more reasonable than it seems when compared to total expenditure by country, but it is still pretty excessive IMO and I would not be the least bit surprised if there were some sort of number fudging going on here. Does this formula take into account how expensive "security services" such as the FBI, CIA, NSA are or does it try to classify them as law enforcement? I also notice that Saudi Arabia, Isreal, and Iraq are quite high on this list. Interesting stuff.
