What do you think of Germany (and Japan) "re-arming"?

[Ad_Quid_Orator]

I've heard a lot of talks recently about Germany and Japan re-arming because they were "disarmed" after WW2.

in my opinion, this is kind of redundant because when I look at rankings of the top 10 strongest militaries in the world, both nations are included. Usually, the 10 strongest military forces revolve around these nations

-USA
-Russia
-China
-India
-Brazil
-UK
-France
-Japan
-Germany
-Turkey

But in my opinion, Europe should be more focused on building a collective security structure and most nations should decrease their military Budget (as should the USA). Now you may ask "how can you talk about reducing military when we have a clear case of Russian aggression! Just look at what's happening in Ukraine!"

Well, I have been paying close attention to it and I think too many people are getting the wrong takeaway. They are indeed attacking Ukraine but everyone thought Ukraine was going to get steamrolled but after 7 weeks of conventional war, Russia hasn't even captured Kharkiv. Based on their performance so far, if they went to war with a tier-3 NATO member like Poland, they would get thrashed and after 7 weeks, the Polish Army would have just taken Minsk. The war should indicate that Europe needs a stronger security architecture but nations don't need extravagant military budgets.

[NathanDavis]

all that money is for the Lords of War... not exactly for the "military" and as any other company, they're for profit so they have zero interest on making less money, that's for sure...