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&gt; The difference being I've supported my claims with evidence, 

Where? I haven't seen one shred of evidence. All you do is claim. While I have provided numbers.  So link please.


&gt;Well for starters no Russian "separatists" have shown up in NATO member nations bordering Russia; compared to other nations bordering Russia, they're batting 1.000. So there's that. 

And for that you need a military 8 times as big as russias? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures

&gt;It's much easier to lend your argument credence if you bring forth such ridiculous notions, isn't it?

Well you started it. You claim that the US military budget is in anyway needed. I have never seen a more ridiculous notion.

&gt;Nice decade-old graph, it doesn't really support what you're saying though. 

Please see the a lot more current wikipedia page linked above. The gap has actually gotten wider.

But let's be real here. No amount of evidence is going to convince you. You like to believe that the world needs you. That we'd be lost without you and that you aren't actually throwing billions of dollars a year out the window. Well fact is, that's not true. There is no threat anywhere that would justify your ridiculously oversized military, except maybe aliens, but you just discounted those.
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