Germany spends a bit over 10% of its GDP on healthcare. Even the US are only spending 3.2% of their GDP on defense. So even if Germany or some other European c

Germany spends a bit over 10% of its GDP on healthcare. Even the US are only spending 3.2% of their GDP on defense. So even if Germany or some other European country did decide to raise their military spending and (for some reason) decided to pull the money for that out of their healthcare budget, it'd only make a relatively minor dent. It'd be painful, but it's certainly no either-or thing.