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You didn't explain why the doctrine is wrong, you explained why you think better healthcare would help you more than military spending - with which I agree, btw, your healthcare systems is hilariously fucked.
Ah.... So, you don't understand basic maths? Is that it?
Make it make sense, mate. In what world is relative spending not important?
It's like saying "everybody should pay $2000 in tax a month", and then you have some people who don't even notice the tax, and others who starve to death because of it. ONLY relative spending makes any sense in this discussion.
You posted it four times already. It didn't make any sense the first time around and it doesn't make any sense now - because of your fundamental ignorance on how budgets work.
We're back to the question I asked you before - do you think that the richer the country is, the less money (relative to its GDP) should it spend on military?
You said "no", but now it seems like you're saying "yes".
It's like with the taxes: if the tax is 10%, then someone earning $1000 will pay $100, but someone earning $100 will only pay $10.
Russia and China are poorer countries, so they spend less (in absolute numbers). But russia is spending over two times more in terms of %GDP (7.1 vs 3.4).
You can't be naive enough to believe that the Viet Cong wasn't supported by russia and China, which begs the question: why do you consider Vietnam an "imperialist attack" by the US, and not a "response to the imperialist attack by russia and China"?
Bruh, what the fuck are you talking about? Are you fucking high?
I need a certain amount of food to live. If I made ten times as much money, I would still need the exact same amount of food to live. It would be insane to argue that I ought to be spending 10 times as much on food if I make 10 times as much money - you see that, right?
What I'm saying is that military spending should be based on how much needs to be spent, based on (at most) how much is necessary to achieve parity with foreign threats. Whether that's 1% or 10% or 30% of GDP doesn't fucking matter, any more than my income determines how many calories I need to live. How the fuck do you not understand this extremely simple concept?
Of course a fascist like you would support massacring the Vietnamese. Why am I even bothering with this conversation? I have no interest in your extremist right-wing views.
Oh boy... Are you under the impression that military spending is "let's buy 1000 tanks, job done, we're good"?
Like, there's no maintenance, no research, no development, no improvements, no intelligence, no ally support, no soft power projection, just a static blob of "defence capabilities" that is a constant no matter what? Or that $1000 spent in the US gives you the exact same capabilities as $1000 spent in russia or China, like there are no differences in labour costs?
Are you twelve?
The needs are defined by the military doctrine.
Could the US be spending less, with less money ending up in budgetary "black holes"? Sure. Would it make a massive difference in the overall military budget? No, it it wouldn't.
Oh, you're in for a ride, my boy. Try this:
Define "parity with russia".
You know what? Fuck off. This discussion makes no sense. You have imagined some things about me and constantly react to things I never said.
Jesus, if you only had the capacity to pull your head out of your arse for three seconds you'd see how insanely hilarious this sentence is! :D Like, I'm actually laughing out loud here! :D
Fuck off, fascist.