Oh there's no denying the US military has ballooned to the size of a small to medium-sized country. That alone is a huge issue for me personally - I do agree with our country having any form of standing military but that precedent was abandoned 80 years ago.
I'm not sure how to properly compare the military of one country with the entirety of a country ~1/30th the size. On the surface it doesn't seem crazy for those to have similar budgets or resource use.
I'm not sure how to properly compare the military of one country with the entirety of a country ~1/30th the size. On the surface it doesn't seem crazy for those to have similar budgets or resource use.