Is the US military starting to turn into 90's Russia?

[F-15 Eagle]

No need for the two of you to get all upset with each other.

All I am going to say here with regards to military budgets, is that according to wiki (which references SIPRI....which I havent bought), the US currently spends north of 42% of the worlds total military expenditure. The next highest country being china at 7.3%. I think that says everything that needs saying with regards to whether the military is "disproportionate" or otherwise.

Regards,
Stephen

I did not intend to start a pissing match with anyone, just did not know how else to respond to a one liner that well read a lot like troll bait.

True, but US has always spent more than than any other country for almost 70 years. I fail to see why its so important now. Yes you're right the US does spend 43% of the worlds defense spending, but again even at that its only 4-5% of America's economy. That is completely normal with the trends for the past 10 years and even historically lower than from previous decades. So as far as a percentage of the US economy and it's federal budget, its not disproportionate. As for the rest of the world thats a different story but than again it's nothing new in any sense.