"Actually you don't need US's level of spending if you are not "actively" into wars like ones in the middle east." That's your believe but sorry, I don't wan

"Actually you don't need US's level of spending if you are not "actively" into wars like ones in the middle east." That's your believe but sorry, I don't want to take this claim on the face value. Maybe you're right, maybe not, I believe that's a complicated issue for sure... One could claim you would need to spend much more were you not involved in these conflicts... each war has it's own reason and own goals and the decision to enter a war is weighted in geopolitically economically etc..and then the elected president makes this decision. Now, what I do have an evidence for, is that politically, the votes are probably split since there is pretty much status quo on that for many years and many administrations...