Even including the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the defense spending is a much lower percentage of GDP than it was in 1987. http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/20

Even including the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the defense spending is a much lower percentage of GDP than it was in 1987. http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/19/more-on-defense/ http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/19/more-on-defense/