Even as a percentage of GDP, US military spending is maybe 20th-highest in the world[0]. The countries spending more tend to be some combination of: - at war,

Even as a percentage of GDP, US military spending is maybe 20th-highest in the world[0]. The countries spending more tend to be some combination of: - at war, or civil war (ukraine, south sudan, iraq) - with historical conflict with larger neighbours, and reaso to worry about it breaking out again (Pakistan, Israel) - sitting on enough oil that GDP gets distorted anyway (saudi arabia, Azerbaijan So yes, US military spending is way out of proportion to the rest of the world. [0] http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS?year_high_desc=true http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS?year_h...