Germany in particular has had to train with broom sticks and barely has an airforce or tank regiment that works
Jesus fucking wept! Do you think there might possibly be a good reason for Germany having a shit army for all those years? And where's the threat supposed to come from since the Soviet army bankupted the USSR? De-escalation is a very reasoanable tactic.
Anyway, larger defence budgets don't mean necessarily mean safer. What have all those trillions (yes, 10^12 was passed some time ago) done for Afghanistan?
America's huge military presence has been used to enforce its global hegemony: having the world's reserve currency is very good for trade and keeps borrowing costs down a lot.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
