Some of you think Iran is a problem

Rank	Country	Spendi($ Bn.)	% of GDP
—	World total	1,776.0	2.3
1	United States	610.0	3.5
2	China[a]	216.0	2.1
3	Russia[a]	84.5	4.5
4	Saudi Arabia[b]	80.8	10.4
5	France	62.3	2.2
6	United Kingdom	60.5	2.2
7	India	50.0	2.4
8	Germany[a]	46.5	1.2
9	Japan	45.8	1.0
10	South Korea	36.7	2.6
11	Brazil	31.7	1.4
12	Italy	30.9	1.5
13	Australia	25.4	1.8
14	United Arab Emirates[a]	22.8	5.1
15	Turkey	22.6	2.2

DEFENSE BUDGETS OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES

Some people seem to be flipping out over our "deal" with Iran.

THE FIGURES LISTED ABOVE SHOULD CLARIFY SOME ISSUES.

Japan has 54 Nuclear reactors and they basically tried to conquer half the world with Germany taking the other half.

When was that exactly?  500 years ago?.....400 years ago?.....300 years ago?......100 years ago?.....??????

HOW ABOUT 1941? 
WHICH THE LAST TIME I CHECKED, WAS 75 YEARS AGO......

AND FOR MANY LIVING AMERICANS IT SEEMS A LOT CLOSER THAN THAT.

I understand why Japan and Germany have large defense budgets......Russian, China and North Korea are their neighbors.

Do we have regular checks to make sure Japan isn't building weapons?

During the 20th century both Japan and Germany were batshit crazy and I'm quite sure there are factions within both of those countries that would like us to pull out our troops and leave them alone.

I keep thinking that we give billions of dollars to Israel for the sole purpose of not only defending themselves but to take care of anyone in their neighborhoods who want to create major problems.

Iran's defense budget is perhaps in $30 billion range...but they don't make the above list because of verification problems.

One Nuclear Reactor couldn't begin to offset the amount of nuclear weapons Israel has.

WE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER BUT SINCE ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES ARE PARTNERS I WOULD ASSUME THAT THEIR NUMBER IS FAIRLY LARGE.

I don't think anyone should have Nuclear weapons or Nuclear reactors but that ship has sailed and it ain't coming back to shore anytime soon.

Israel and Turkey should be able to handle any situation in the Middle East but then again Turkey is 99% Sunni Muslims thus no one really has a handle on what they will do...so in reality, Israel is the only true partner we have in that region.

I THINK THEY ARE WELL STOCKED WITH EVERYTHING....AND I'M ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT IF THEY NEED MORE WE WILL GIVE THEM MORE.

ONE REACTOR IN IRAN IS NOT A TABLE TIPPING EVENT.

FOX NEWS AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WOULD HAVE US THINK THAT THIS IS WORST EVENT THAT HAS HAPPENED TO GLOBAL PEACE IN OUR LIFETIME.

I see much bigger issues with other countries.  And a few of those other countries have already shown in recent history that they can't be trusted.

Do you get my point?

Michael Timothy McAlevey