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Originally Posted by kraznyi_oktjabr
I noticed this nice comparison of military forces from BBC page: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16428133 (I know its a bit simplified).
Some highlights:
UK $63.7bn, 174,000 personnel
Russia $52.7bn, 956,000 personnel
I know that Russia has conscription, lower material costs (fuel, food etc.) and so on but still that comparison doesn't make sense.
USA $739.3bn, 1,569,000 personnel
China $89.9bn, 2,285,000 personnel
I agree with small print (below comparison table) that China's official military budget figure is nonsense. It can't be that low. |
But for the USA to cut back, would force Europe to step up. As of now Europe cannot afford to step up.
Costs not included in that figure is the USAs UN funding, which we provide a lions share of the funding and ground troops for.
In all fairness Europe has not paid its fair share since 1945. Your cities are not bombed out anymore. and alot of your countries are doing better than us.
Some help?
Not being mean, or "arrogant American man", just saying from a rational standpoint.
(pardon my bluntness)
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Yes China will always lie. Sun Tzu always did preach deception, it was a running topic in his Art of War.