Conscription = Slavery ?

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(12-06-2016, 05:29 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Yes it is when you consider that we don't have a single enemy on our border.  Only 3 countries on eart spend a higher percentage of GDP on military than the US (Saudi Arabia, Isreal, and Russia) and all three of them have enemies on their border.

The US is fourth in percentage of GDP spent on military (3.5%) but that is almost 50% more than the next highest (India 2.4%)

The US accounts for less than 20% of the world GDP, but 40% of the worlds military spending.

That 4th in the world number sounds fudged; where did you get that? Forbes?

Most data I have has us in the 8-11 range.
For instance CIA Fact has us at 9th:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2034rank.html

MUNDI using 2014 data has us at 11:
http://www.indexmundi.com/g/r.aspx?v=132

I think perhaps your list only included the top 15 countries by GDP and I think Stockholm has us at 5th out of the 15.

Just wanting to make sure I don't get fudged numbers and educate myself.