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Defense spending in the US as a percentage of total GDP HAS gone down fairly steadily. The US pulled out of Afghanistan after accomplishing a couple decades of
by briga 4y ago
Defense spending in the US as a percentage of total GDP HAS gone down fairly steadily. The US pulled out of Afghanistan after accomplishing a couple decades of approximately nothing. And it’s hardly the first time America’s military efforts come to naught. There seems to be very little appetite for more. Rival leaders see this as an opportunity.
- epups 4y agoThat's only true if you are talking about Vietnam/Cold War era. In the past 20 years or so, defense spending as a percentage of US GPD has actually increased: https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/military-spending-defense-budget https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/mili...
- briga 4y agoAre we looking at the same data? The chart you posted shows a clear downward trend since Vietnam
- xboxnolifes 4y agoTheir point is that spending is up compared to 20 years ago. Yes, spending is lower than 60 years ago, but that decline plateaued 20 years ago. Since then, it's been on the rise.
- cute_boi 4y agoNo, it hasn't gone done steadily. It has been going up steadily if I look at the data. I am currently seeing data from 2015.