Whole the use surface app just sucks and see. So didnt exactly weighed in just only to test the waters at this meeting. Either. Its more like you did a running cannonball straight into the deep end. Were support humanitarian and civil assistance to ukraine. This will be the official policy of my government. Will not supply your grain with any weapons. Diesel had already made a Campaign Promise not to send any more weapons to credit, but hes going further now adding that he wont vote in favor of any anti russian sanctions until he can see an assessment of their impact on his country lines. So back here, which seems to align with his pro slovak here position. And which is critics, are qualified as pro food 10 or pro russia because he just small sacrifice back in National Interest to satisfy the endless whims of queen ursula and her favorite princess the lensky. And hes not shy about calling on other you entries to do the same in their own citizens. Best interest, either the position of my government is that the media of secession of military operations is the best solution would have for ukraine. The European Union should transform itself from an armed supply to a peacemaker. Please hold a little of freestyle resting on the ukraine complex, saying that the whole fiasco stem from an attack, spiteful, ukrainian, fascist on the civilian population of russian nationality. So that probably rattled a few tea cups in brussels. It looks like b, u has its hands full with these 2 or bon and feet. So carpet bombing the file size with a barrage of truth torpedoes. Maybe you should just make an effort to achieve actual unity that takes their descent on board democratic descent into account rather than just dismissing it to keep up false appearances and plough ahead with their agenda. Im next of the cost of everything. Well take the closer look at the movies. Plenty of countries as low homes that are developing, especially in the middle east with the card as well as complex. I will be back out of the the, [000 00 00;00] the it seems that history is doomed to repeat itself as today. We find ourselves in scrunched in the middle of several global conflicts. Theres a conflict between ukraine and russia moss and is re. 1 a security crisis triggered by north korea conflict in Central America and more. This on russ all over the world puts more than half of the countries in a crisis of Health Economy and social safety, which is the biggest threat to human civilization. Im christy, and youre watching the cost of everything were today. We will analyze how much it cost countries to maintain, sustain and grow their military capability. The military spending is a significant part of many countries, budgets, and differs from nation to nation. Not surprisingly, the us has the Largest Military budget spending 877000000000. 00. The next Largest Military spender is china, but only at 292000000000. 00, followed by russia at 86000000000. 00. India and saudi arabia around now the top 5 with budgets of 81. 00 and 75000000000. 00, respectively. Now the top 5 countries alone account for almost 60 percent of the Global Military spending, with the us spending more than the next 11 countries combined. As each country has unique security challenges and geo political objectives, that then shape is military spending priorities. With the conflict in ukraine World Military spending grew for the 8 Consecutive Year in 2022 to an all time high of 2. 00 trillion dollars, which is the sharpest rise in spending. In recent years, in the us defense spending accounts for 12 percent of all federal spending and nearly half of discretionary spending. From that it pays the salaries, the training and health care of uniformed and civilian personnel maintain arms, equipment and facilities, fun operations and develop. And to buy new items for r and d. Additionally, a significant portion of the budget goes towards procuring new Weapon Systems, including air, cost, ships, and other vehicles. The Weapon Systems are a big factor that eats into the budget. Now for an average Weapon System over its entire service life, the Purchase Price is only a 3rd of the cost operating and maintaining and purchasing new munitions for it accounts for nearly 2. 00 thirds. The budget also funds the army, the navy, marine air force and space force. Now in 2018, the u. S. Military budget counts for approximately 36 percent of global arms spending. The us also maintains the largest number of military bases and foreign soils in the world. In terms of military power, the global fire power index offers insight into the military capabilities of nations worldwide. Now this is based on an assessment of over 60 factors, including man, power, technological capabilities, nuclear capabilities, strategic locations, financing, logistics, military assets, etc. Now, according to this index, the us both the worlds most powerful military followed by russia, china, india, the u. K. South korea, pakistan, japan, and france. On the opposite end the spectrum, the least powerful nations include futon, then in moldova, somalia and liberia. This is due to limited resources, geo political factors, or a commitment to maintaining smaller defense forces. Now with the big inequality gap and military powers and smaller nations, nato countries have set forth an agreement to raise the alliance is target for military spending to at least 2 percent of national g d p. However, only 11 out of the 31 members actually managed to reach that target. The western officials have underscore that many allies will have to spend more than 2 percent to meet the requirements of natos new military plans and continue to provide aid. Now today were joined by keith, nick, henry, founder of food, not bombs, now case, can you provide an overview of Global Military expenditures and the total amount spent on defense by various countries in recent years . Yeah, i think that the largest countries, um, by far our 1st uh, the United States which spent the 8876000000000 dollars last year on its military. And thats the over number that they spent. Because we do not know really about c. I a in other cobra military operations. Then the next largest is actually china with 292000000000. 00. That its that in 2022. And then russia, oddly enough, only spend 881000000000. 00 on his military nato. On the other hand, spence of 1232000000000. 00 on the military. So its kind of shocking that there would be a war against russia in ukraine by nato in the us. And the level of spending that those 2 groups spent, which is also both the nato countries and the u. S. Or the other countries basically suffering the most in homelessness and economic, the private, the. So its a, its pretty incredible that theyve spent that much money yet. Theyre at a standstill in the front and the ukraine war. Now, what are the key factors contributing to the substantial Financial Investments made by countries in the military forces . Well, i think the principal thing, sadly, is the domestic issues, which so its about in the United States and im certain this is another countries as well. It is that, for instance, we us make sure that components of almost every piece of military hardware are made in every single Congressional District in the country. So its, its a combination of military contractors using their leverage to, uh, to get the u. S. Federal tax payers to pay this huge amount of money. But also its about control because you have uh, for instance, a lot of information that i glean about whats going on with military and expenses on websites that are controlled by military contractors like, you know, i am and this nbc and so on. So they are tied into a whole propaganda situation. Its also they have leverage over these congress people. Theyre not going to back out out of worst. But i think even globally, only is it about profits for these. Um, you know, for military contractors and i control domestically but also its used mostly wars for instance, with the us have been wars of choice. And this was a choice to build Popular Support for either the president at the time. For instance, after 911 george bush before 911 was the rid of killed even by other conservatives and republicans for being a do 1st. And then he became like, really super popular because of he was in the middle of a war, we can see that thats a lot of the reason for button waging a war against russia. And this work, they get much bigger. F p starts to look like hes losing a cant possibly win the president ial election. And then we will have to have us troops actually go had to had with the, with the Russian Military natalie for domestic purposes. So its a rep, craig, pat, patriotism, and so on. And then for the smaller countries, sadly its really their military spending is many cases either to buy weapons from the United States as a way saudi arabia and others have to stay in the good graces of the United States or your country that is being threatened with war by the United States. So for instance, syria or, you know, russia or any of the many countries United States has invaded sense. Uh, basically the war of 1812, um is, uh, is, uh they people have to arm themselves to defend themselves against the United States. And we can see that the u. S. Military started, and we have the marine corps, a song is about um, you know, the halls of montezuma, where the us invaded mexico or were you, i really did not. When in that war or the uh stores or tripoli where the you half the u. S. Navy was destroyed in, in their 1st uh, ford conflict. Um, and so this, this is the sad thing that the world is based essentially, particularly since world war 2 been arming itself to defend itself against the United States. And why to some countries allocate a significant portion of their budgets to defense. Are there specific concerns or jo, political factors that drive this decision . Well, i think again, in, in each of the cases, either you are trying to defend yourself from the United States. Or you are trying to court the United States, often more financially than anything else. So that, you know, i think that the 5 wise countries which would be still. Yeah. And i believe new zealand. Definitely a great britain. The us and canada. They are um, you know, they, they essentially spy on one another for each other. But they also sell each other weapons and invested in Weapon Systems for that same reason. And, and its essentially to control their societies. Its, its the military, but just have made it impossible to have democracies in these countries unfortunately. And thats because there they, there are money goes to that. They control events. They have uh, the top priority. But if you look at the war uh, in, in the ukraine right now, theres not been one vote why the American People for the war. We didnt have a say in the over throw the credit and government in 2014, when the war started on may 3rd of that year in odessa. We had no uh, you know, most americans have no idea bet that we spent billions of dollars to over throw the Ukrainian Government uninstall or on Public Losing their right in a Long Term Plan to have a very long ongoing more in that country which would then profit mostly us a military contractors, but also would profit of the european contractors and british contractors. So its a, its sad that this is where, you know, the, the reason were wasting this huge amount of money. But maybe even more tragically, the millions of people have been killed in this desk for basically domestic political interest, mainly the interest of propping up a huge financial bonanza for these military contractors. Thank you so much case, but please stick around the founder of food, not bombs, keys. Mchenry will stay with us right here after the break. And when we come back, we will discuss what country has the head these military budget in the world. So dont go away. The russian states never is as tight as im one of the most sense community best, most all sense and up the in the system to progress be the one else holes. Question about this, even though we will then in the European Union, the kremlin media mission, the state on russia scooting and split the ortiz phone next. Even our video agency, roughly all the band on youtube tv services. For what question did you say a request, which is the plug, the u. S. Tots, the list of the biggest military budget. The country that spends the most on military and defense as a percentage of his gdp is surprisingly, oman, at 8. 8 percent followed by saudi arabia, 9. 5 percent. Oh dear. Yet 6 percent coate at 5. 6 percent. And israel, a 5. 3 percent, the us actually doesnt even crack the top 10 as a percentage of g d p. Now in some countries of age cohorts are required to complete military service among them are and goal in south sudan and africa, as well as finland, austria, and switzerland, in europe and asia as vietnam louse north and south korea as well as taiwan that still required universal military service of the around 85 Countries Worldwide that has some form of obligatory military training. Even though this practice is controversial for many reasons, including opposition on religious grounds. However, it is enforced by countries to build a large and powerful military ready to be deployed in times of war, or when the need to protect the sovereignty of the state arises. Mandatory military service come from the national unity. So citizens are able to develop an appreciation for the sacrifices others have made for their country. It also promotes equality among the citizens as mandatory and listen. It means that no one will be exempted from facing wars including celebrities, business men, or others. Life and the military can also provide useful skills and instill discipline and cooperation, responsibility, and teamwork. But on the other hand, mandatory military service violates free will, interferes educational pursuits and compromises the quality of the military. As not everyone is fit for it physically or psychologically. Many dr. Soldiers, often life and necessary experience and preparedness, providing low combat skill quality. One notable force in particular, is this really defense force, which is a National Military of israel. The ideas is unique among the militaries of the world due to its regulated conscription of women. Since the formation. It is one of the most prominent institutions and as rarely society due to its influence on the countries economy and political scene. They can be called upon to serve periodically until the age of 40. After her moms last attack, israel has called up 2360000 reserve us within 48 hours to launch and offensive many as well as abroad, or even had a home to join the reserve units or to give aid. This is one of its largest mobilizations in history of roughly 4 percent of is really 9800000 population to take up arms against the palestinian militant group. It is also one of the fastest mobilizations in history, which is impossible for most nations in terms of cold start capabilities. The ivy remains unmatched by the rest of the world. Now for this and more, lets bring it again keith nick, henry, founder of food, not box to now case. Is there a growing debate or discussion about reallocating funds from military budgets to address other pressing issues such as health care, education, or Environmental Concerns . There has been like, be below the surface for years that this debate but this war in ukraine has flipped everything on its head. And so what i, what seemed its very interesting because the republicans now are kind of leading the of the struggle for the, in this debate. Something i would have never imagined. And the, uh, you know, i suck for some reason my, uh, the Hunger Health line. Instead of being really addressing the issue of hunger of homelessness, has been to shared with uh, Health InsuranceCompanies Across the country. So im getting about a dozen to 2000 calls a day from senior seeking food, Home Delivery of food, something sadly, food, not bombs, doesnt have the resources to do. But i am shocked at how often the people that call in will complain. They have no food in their pantry at all. Um, they might tell me about some cat food that theyre gonna eat or the last 3 cans of tuna and theyre angry as can be that we send billions of dollars to the war and ukraine. So theres is bothering him in the United States of average people were starting to see the connection between food and not bombs. And to me thats really exciting. I think, you know i, we started for the bombs in 1981 regen looked like you might become president. Then he became president. And then he did what was we believe he would do, which was the vert um the public spending and those days we used to have Public Housing and things like that which and, and instead he diverted it into star wars and into amex missile system. And, and all those kinds of things. And by the end of, uh, his 2nd turn, we had 750000 homeless americans in United States according to the us government. And um, you know, we had it, they didnt even count the homeless when he came to office. So were now, yeah, we, we proposed in 1980 that we need to build a movement where our focus was on things like food. He. 4 causing an education and not on the military. And now i think we may be getting into that tipping point. Were aware of food, not