Increasing Defense & Military Spending impacting American Politics

Increasing Defense & Military Spending impacting American Politics

There are several issues faced by United States in terms of economic challenges, financial setbacks, and political issues and so on. One of the important issues identified by the current president of united states is the increased defense and military spending that are imposing a challenge not only on the economy of the country but it has severe impact on the politics of the united states. The budget speech of the president Barak Obama also highlights on the issue of increased military and defense spending occurred in the recent years due to war on terror. It has also impacted the political conditions of the country. The new defense strategy reconfigures the forces and troops of united states that are placed in other countries in order to ensure a peaceful world that is free of terrorists. Over the presidential period of Barak Obama, the country has invested more than the historical averages on the strengthening of military troops of United States. The record of historic investments being made on the military expenditures and defense strategy in the current period is done to help the families of the military men, the veterans and it to help in the enhancement of the capabilities of the military men.

The country is standing at an inflection point where it has implanted the new strategy. The troops of United States military in Iraq have left the country and Afghanistan is in the phase of transition where there is a more responsibility of the American military. The increasing expenditure on the defense strategy may form some kind of concerns to the people of the country because of a large amount of money being wasted on the war on terror. However, it can ...