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[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 78 points 1 year ago (7 children)

It must be so nice to see such a small bar for your defense spending.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 year ago

It's still 8.6%, that's quite a lot actually...

[–] dtxer@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thats why they lost the Emu war...

[–] jscummy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

See those emus try the same shit in the states and see how that goes

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Except we kinda do need our military, especially with how cunty some point Australia's neighbours can be.

[–] odium@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, don't trust them kiwis.

[–] kboy101222@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Should just nuke them now and get it over with honestly

[–] CurlyWurlies4All@prxs.site 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We all know NZ is planning something

[–] MaungaHikoi@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago

The West Island is welcome to join Aotearoa any time they like πŸ˜‚

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Just wait til we buy the govt some nuc subs in the coming years, then that bar gonna be a long boi

[–] EatMyDick@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah because that shit is totally not needed. AU and EU need to step up their shit. Iran and China sure are.

[–] Quatity_Control@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Except we don't want to be the USA of the Asia pacific region.

[–] EatMyDick@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

You people live in a fantasy world where physical threats do not exist. The US is leading the way protecting Asia and Europe. The entire balkins would be under RU is it wasn't for that spending.

The spending it's needed and it's EU/Asia doesn't step up it's game they'll ultimately be a second tier power to the United States perpetually. Their call I guess πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ.

[–] bigdog_00@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean sadly you're right - people like to hate on our defense spending in the US, but who does the world look towards when Russia invades Ukraine? It sucks that it needs to be this way, but if we don't have a strong deterrent to other countries then we're just asking for problems. Look at how aggressive China and Russia have gotten recently, with China inching closer to an invasion of Taiwan. Who's going to be laughing when the US is there to help Taiwan?

[–] Skellybones@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Also isn't usa paying for other countrys military not sure if this is true

[–] KuroJ@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m not sure why your being downvoted, but it’s true. Allied countries of the U.S. do not have to put much towards their military budget do to being able to rely on the U.S.

The U.S. has a strong military presence in the Indo-pacific region and if they didn’t, surely some adversaries would have already been having their way.

It’s unfortunate it comes to this but that’s just the facts.

[–] Version@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

People think big military = war, while in fact itβ€˜s the opposite.

[–] Quatity_Control@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We know more about geo politics in the region than you do. And your drastic oversimplification does not actually result in a reasonable and coherent plan for peace in the Asia pacific region. Again I'll say, your presence and commentary in this case is misinformed and incorrect.

[–] Snipe_AT@lemmy.atay.dev -3 points 1 year ago

what’s your guess as to the percentage of US military spending compared to its tax revenue?