> USA is perhaps the most geopolitically-secure state in world history and should be spending among the least on national security (per capita). I think it glo

> USA is perhaps the most geopolitically-secure state in world history and should be spending among the least on national security (per capita). I think it glosses over too much complexity to simply state that, because part (not all! Geography is the other part) of the reason why we are so secure is that people know that we have that strong military. If the US were known as a soft target, who had neither the will nor the means to defend itself, we would probably see other actors much more willing to do things to us, such as piracy, etc.