Why does the US spend so much on their military every year anyway?
 

It's pretty obvious that the US has the biggest and best military out there.... I mean, I saw a chart recently that showed the US spends double what their allies spend, and the allies spend double what any possible threat nations spend... so, that means the US is spending 4 times what their possible threats are spending. Why?

Wouldn't it make sense to take a fraction of that expense and put it towards something like.. oh.. I don't know... health care? Is it really needed to spend so much on the military?

Here's an interesting point of view on just how well the US has been spending money lately...

http://www.warresisters.org/piechart.htm