Personnel is much more apples to apples. Comparing spending between two nations muddies the waters.

I assume you’re commenting on US spending, but consider that other countries don’t have to pay US wages and benefits to it’s soldiers, contractors, and manufacturers. If we could buy our weapons from India, recruit our soldiers from China, and build ships in S.Korea our defense budget would be much smaller without having to ration a single fighterjet.

Did you know that we spend almost 4X as much on social programs than we do on the military today?

‘The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine’ by Ilan Pappe.