Every time the USA adds a new jet to it's Air Force it is met with other countries running to keep up.
The more global the USA military is the more the rest of the world has to defend and attempt to match the power of the USA military.
Given THOSE FACTS equates to the USA causing the defeat of it's own military. Every time a drone is deployed there is a response to that aggression. Americans named the USA's military the Defense Department. How is the USA going to defend itself from the self escalation of tensions and military armament?
The U.S. is the only global superpower, with capabilities and
responsibilities that dwarf any and every other state in the world. And,
as the below charts show, the U.S. defense budget reflects that
reality, outspending all other nations by a significant amount. What is
notable about the scale of the U.S. budget is not just its relative size
to other nations, but also how many other of the major players (albeit
an order of magnitude smaller) are close U.S. allies, like the UK or
Japan, or unlikely foes, like India or Brazil. Only two of the top ten,
China and Russia could be put in the category of potential adversaries....The USA military is hideously out of control. If the USA military was a defense force it could never have invaded Iraq. The USA military is causing it's own problems.
The "Megatons to Megawatts" program was conceived because the spending on creating nuclear weapons was stupid. The number of nuclear weapons constructed during The Cold War could have killed everyone on Earth many times over. That was the result of the Cold War. When the USA built a nuclear bomb so did the Soviet Union. The two nuclear programs were completely irrational and out of control. When the Megatons to Megawatt program ended it had converted a total of 20,008 nuclear warheads to nuclear fuel.
The Megatons to Megawatts program IS PROOF of the irrational spending that occurs globally due to the out of control USA Department of Defense.
If an inventory of nuclear weapons were conducted globally those same stupid ratios of bombs to human lives annihilated would still be the same. The potential to ending life on Earth through mutual nuclear annihilation is still very real. Not only is it still real, but, it is escalating. India is the most recent country to add nuclear armaments to the global stockpile. Every time a new country takes a nuclear posture to it's military, another neighbor decides to pursue the nuclear route. When does it stop? Is every country in every corner of the world going to arm with nuclear weapons? To what end? Never peace? Never economic ties that matter? The ability to kill mass numbers of people to what end?
The USA has to stop it's aggression. It's most recent aggression is now the Pacific Ocean. ?????????????? The Pacific Ocean ?????????????
The USA military is completely out of control and the most recent pivot is proof. The USA has sovereign borders, we should re - learn to live within them.
Living within our borders while seeking diplomacy to end tensions and threats between OTHER COUNTRIES enhances the economics of world trade. Trade routes should be secure from pirates and not threatened by mutual assured destruction.
