> With the rise of China and its exponential military spendings, do you think that decreasing us military budget would be a wise strategic move ? The budget is

> With the rise of China and its exponential military spendings, do you think that decreasing us military budget would be a wise strategic move ? The budget is essentially unchanged[1]. The value of that budget has increased exponentially because the value of Chinese currency has increased. China has not directed any more of its resources to its military. Even more foolish is acting like the Chinese military is capable of threatening the US any time soon. Like fuck, at least we still kind of fight proxy wars with Russia; we do nothing of the kind with China. China is totally incapable of force projection outside tiny pacific islands. China is the only nuclear country that has a "no first use" policy on nukes. They have a single aircraft carrier, compared to the US' eleven. The US has as many carriers (which are the single dominant mode of force projection) as the rest of the world combined. The US military is so absurdly oversized that we would benefit strategically by spending the money on R&D or the economy instead. Until such a time as the US expects to literally fight China, Russia, and the EU at the same time, the military is massively excessive. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_China#/media/File:China_published_military_budget_by_percent_of_GNP.tiff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_China#/medi...