The US has proven over and over that it is not going to do anything useful with the so called savings from anything. There has not yet been , nor will there probably ever be, a peace dividend in a trillion dollar military budget. That path has been available and unused since the end of the Cold War. What we give away is mostly outdated ordnance and and weapons we don't use. If the so called freeloading ended the miniscule USAID spending still would not be reinstated. Europe seems to be on a course to defending itself. Maybe that's the best possible outcome.
The US has proven over and over that it is not going to do anything useful with the so called savings from anything. There has not yet been , nor will there probably ever be, a peace dividend in a trillion dollar military budget. That path has been available and unused since the end of the Cold War. What we give away is mostly outdated ordnance and and weapons we don't use. If the so called freeloading ended the miniscule USAID spending still would not be reinstated. Europe seems to be on a course to defending itself. Maybe that's the best possible outcome.