US spends more on military then the rest of the World combined

US spends more on military then the rest of the World combined

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World $1100 billion 2004 est. [see Note 4]
Rest-of-World [all but USA] $500 billion 2004 est. [see Note 4]
United States $623 billion FY08 budget [see Note 6]
China $65.0 billion 2004 [see Note 1]
Russia $50.0 billion [see Note 5]
France $45.0 billion 2005
United Kingdom $42.8 billion 2005 est.
Japan $41.75 billion 2007
Germany $35.1 billion 2003
Italy $28.2 billion 2003

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this website is actually a list so i dont know if u can see it here but other than that, this site actually look legit. the US is funding the war which im pretty sure is a big expense and i dont see it decreasing any time soon

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The ironic thing is, if this was any other country in the world, our own reactionaries would be campaigning against the obvious threat this kind of spending implied.

They'd say that any country building a military so clearly out of proportion to any possible threat must be planning to impose it's will upon the entire world.

And they'd be right.