Is America really Home of the Brave?

How very patriotic of you.

I take it you value American lives a hundred times more than foreigners?

 

You are reading too much zero hedge.

 

To add a bullet to Space Ghost's list:

-Spending by a number of other nations is curbed by the large investments the US has made. Close allies like Canada, England and France can rely on the US to supply some expensive capabilities in an international crisis. We saw that in the air attack on Libya recently.