The Reagan Administrationâs Strategic Defense Initiative (caricatured as âStar Warsâ) drove the USSR toward insolvency and ultimately to collapse. Now, the inept Biden Administration has reversed the process, and is crippling our economy through deficit spending aggravated by vast expenditures for aid to Ukraine, while Russia is spending a comparative pittance.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 it has caused enormous damage. Thousands of people have died and billions of dollarsâ worth of infrastructure has been destroyed in Ukraine. Yet all this damage has come at a relatively mild cost to Russia. Its economy is holding up [much better than almost anyone expected. And the direct fiscal cost of the warâwhat it is spending on men and machinesâis surprisingly low.
The direct fiscal cost of the war â spending on soldiers and machines â is estimated to be about 3% of Russiaâs GDP, or roughly $67 billion a year, according to the report. That figure comes from a comparison of Moscowâs pre-invasion spending forecasts for defense and security with what it actually spent.
Meanwhile we are stripping the military and spending billions.
The Russian action in February 2022 can be justified as per the UN Charter â Five ? maybe â because Ukraine was poised to invade Russia after massacring the Russian minority in the Donbass.
Notice the Nazi insignia?
This âpan-European white supremacyâ group invaded the wrong country.
They should have gone to countries whose governments willingly flood their societies with so-called ârefugeesâ from Africa and the Middle East.
Meanwhile a lot European countries despite the so called sanctions are still getting energy from Russia. NATO canât live down their hypocrisy and their bad optics
Which is strange but makes sense as well. They are the default US base of operations for NATO. The paying more is simply the price of doing business with the West.
An explanation of the fortifications built by the Russians expecting the Ukrainian counter offensive.
â The best take âThese fortifications look formidable ⊠but are useless if there no Russians defending them.â
âuseless if there no Russians defending themâ
There are no trees to hide under for Ukrainians. Russian artillery and helicopters will be waiting for them.
John Kirby = PUKE! There is no bigger paper propagandist than this buffoon.
I also find it disgusting how MSM is lining up in anticipation to report on this so called big counter offensive so they can profit from it! That is pretty disgusting.
Nova Kahovka Dam in Kherson region was destroyed. A flooding of the area is happening right now.
â Reminder: The Russian troops withdrew from the western bank of Kherson because they feared exactly this. What would have made their troops cut off.
So brilliantly said. âYou have to be lied to, at full volume for yearsâ to believe some of the absurd shit that Americans fall for. Zelensky is so obviously an oligarch war criminal. The military industrial complex is clearly waging a proxy war with Russia.
