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collapse Of the dollar is coming. Four more years of the current administration ought to do the trick. Russia has the most natural resource wealth on the planet. Brics nations are on the ascendancy and will have a stable currency.
if you think Jake Sullivan, Antony Blinken and this ship of fools is leading us any where other than disaster you haven’t been paying attention.
We were in a direct cold war with Russia at the time, and we were using money to bulk our military capability, not to fund a proxy who doesn't have a chance to win.
The current parallel to this situation is Vietnam, where it became a stalemate. The only difference is we don't have boots on the ground in Ukraine (yet).
Cite what? I stated my case, Finland has a formidable military and is in an extremely strategic place. Look up their military and LOOK AT A MAP.
You say "Requirement" It's more of a Guideline..
In 2024, 23 NATO member countries are expected to meet or exceed the 2% GDP target. Poland is the biggest spender as a share of GDP, at 4.12%, followed by Estonia at 3.43%, and the United States at 3.38%.
Why do I have to cite it? You're the one who incorrectly made the assertion that Finland is "kicking in."
And the tiny fact that the Ukraine people don't want to be Russian....
I get all my news from the Twitter feed of Super Patriotic Freedom Loving Anti-Woke Liberal Owning Freedom Eagle. He's never wrong and if his predictions haven't come true that only reveals how farsighted he is. Wake up sheeple.***
Thanks for linking a document that proved my point about Finland.
Also, do you want to explain what changed after 2016 that led to more allies kicking in and paying?
We are in a direct Cold War with Russia now. EXCELLENT that you recognize we don't have boots on the ground in Ukraine. Terrible that you don't recognize who DOES. The REAL parallel here is the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. This is EXACTLY how Reagan defeated the Soviet Union.
Again, I didn't say Russia's outlook is good. My assertion is it's a position they're willing to live with for now. I don't know why it's so difficult for people like you to acknowledge that Russia could escalate and overwhelm Ukraine any time they wanted to.
You are such an idiot My link says Finland spends 40% of its money on new Equipment and 2.3% of it's GDP on Defense. Both Well above the guideline. And being next to Russia, have a key location.
Nothing in 2016.
The "Guidline" was put in place in 2014. After Russia took Crimea.
It got a lot more serious with funding in 2022, after Ukraine was invaded by Russia, again.
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Unless Russia decides to use nuclear weapons, there is nothing more they can do in Ukraine but hope Trump is elected and forces Ukraine to surrender.
Putin desperately wants to win the war and is not holding back in any way (other than nukes).
LOL
YOu cannot be serious. If Russia could " Take Ukraine when they wanted" They would
Waiting while NATO, expands membership, spending on defense, and develops new better weapons, is "good" for Russia how?
Because you are trying to rebut a point. What I stated is not disputable. They have a formidable military and their position on the map is of IMMENSE strategic value. You are deflecting with a dang political talking point you are regurgitating. Think for yourself, look at a map.
Of course. That's all you have and what's more, you know it. Looked at a map yet? I don't think you even know where Finland is.
Russia is really interested in extending this war even if it's costly financially and in lives lost of young men. All great powers want wars to last long and kill lots of their own people. They really hate winning quickly with little loss of life.***
Especially when they are fighting a non-great power. Dragging things out really enhances their international prestige and status. ******* Begging for arms from North Korea and Iran REALLY enhances their status as well.. *****
That's a valid comment every day of the year regardless of what we do or don't do. I'm bringing that up with wifey. Tell me you're a doctor or someone with sufficient authority to make her comply.
I am indeed a doctor. A lung doctor, but she doesn’t need to know that part
Hell yeah. A comment free night tonight. But, does that indicate something about what I'm not getting if I comment other nights? That's some pressure.
We're hurtling towards a disaster, but there is a lot of ruin in a nation. We could push it off by another two decades easily just by ratcheting back the stupidity by 10%. Not saying we will, but I don't think our voting population is any more hopeless than Britains with Thatcher was elected/selected.
You know who else has a lot of natural resources? The US. Maybe can't produce the same amount per capita as Russia, but we can produce more than we need anytime we get too poor to be stupid.
We can (and likely will) have a disaster and still be better off than Russia. Again, pretty much every problem we have other countries have worse. And more so than any other country, we could relatively quickly remedy our problems by just ratcheting the stupidity back. I don't have a lot of confidence we will do that without a crisis/disaster, but I think there's a very good chance we'll do it before we get to the point where Russia is better off than us. Certainly not guaranteed and we could choose to make things worse by emulating Venezuala or Russia or China or going the route of splitting up the country peacefully or not. But the chances of Russia stop being Russia and adopting the type of classical liberal values that make countries rich are way lower than the chances of the US deciding to quit being stupid when it gets painful enough.
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