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 Mutually Assured Defense SpendingPosted on Mar 18, 2009
A hawkish speech by President Dmitry Medvedev may signal a massive overhaul and escalation of the Russian military. Fears of a growing threat posed by NATO have pushed Russian officials to plan a modernization of the country’s conventional and nuclear forces by 2011.
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By Dag Andersson, March 18, 2009 at 11:00 pm Link to this comment
What the ¤#%&&#&# is happening to this site ?
It used to have quality, now it fills the cyberspace with garbage.
There is nothing “hawkish” about the long overdue russian overhaul of the military.
What would be the adequate russian response to:
* NATO expansion in Eastern Europe
* US planned missile defence system (The Czech Republic and Poland)
* US sponsored “color-revolutions” in the east
* US connivance with Georgia in last years conflict ?
Add to those the fact that US is spending 10 times more on defence and you can take your“mutuality” and stuff it up your a** or in your opium pipe—whatever you prefer.
Report thisBy tommy_slothrop, March 18, 2009 at 4:37 pm Link to this comment
mike,
Russia isn’t forcing us to do anything. This is purely defensive on their part. They are no threat to us—only to our alleged “interests” in their neighborhood. If the U.S. military limited itself to defending the country we could safely ignore what Russia is doing.
What has happened is that our military-industrial complex has succeeded in its attempt to empower its Russian counterpart through repeated provocation. Now that the Russian military-industrial complex has an excuse to demand funds from Russian taxpayers ours can demand the same of us.
If one or the other is bankrupted I say HALLELUIA!
Report thisBy mike, March 18, 2009 at 2:29 pm Link to this comment
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Seems to me that the Russians are playing the same trick that the US pulled on the Soviet Union during the 80s: force your opponent into a military buildup that it can’t afford in order to destroy their economy and bring down their regime. I bet it works too.
Report thisBy tommy_slothrop, March 18, 2009 at 10:28 am Link to this comment
“Mutual Assured Defense Spending” also known as a protection racket. It’s as old as the hills. Our investment in post-Soviet NATO pays off. “Job creation” at its transparent best.
It’s good to know that there are some things you can count on: this bunch of demented perverts gets to take money from our paychecks and use it to kill people in other countries so that they respond a in kind and said demented perverts have an excuse to take more money from our paychecks and use it to kill more people ...
‘Scuse me while I bang my head on my desk.
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