As U.S. Weakness Leads To Global Rearmament, Can War Be Far Behind?

As U.S. Weakness Leads To Global Rearmament, Can War Be Far Behind? - Investors.com:
"Deja Vu:
As the U.S. defense posture continues to slump, several onetime allies are getting nervous about growing threats and starting to rearm.
Not to be alarmist, but isn't that what happened just before World War II?

It's no exaggeration to say that President Obama, by slashing defense spending, is encouraging other nations to step up their arms programs to fill the growing void left by a shrinking U.S. military.

The numbers are stark. According to a recent report by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, U.S. defense outlays hit a post-World War II high in 2010.
Since then, after inflation, they've fallen 21%."