I never get why a country needs a larger army then to defend its own. If america for example shouldn't be so concerned with other countries and use the offensive-budget for homeland security, than almost all terrorist attack would be averted. And also, no more hate would be seeded in for example the middle east. So lesser and lesser terrorist would arise to attack america. A positive circle would be more evident than a negative circle (as in my opinion it is now).

And if america has any brains at all they would do everything to avoid a cold war with China. Because a billion (?) people will own america in time. So better make friends and give China the respect they deserve.

My country only has 2 billion on defense. And we do feel safe, in contradiction to the USA with an enormous budget.

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