The grift: effortlessly eradicating what used to be the largest military threat to the United States in the world without even risking American lives for pennies on the dollar. What a grift.
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If that's what you believe then send me a DM cause I have a nice bridge to sell you.
The destruction of what was recently considered a real and looming military threat to the US is not a matter of belief. It already objectively happened.
This alternate reality you inhabit sounds very interesting. Last I checked, Milley now refers to Russia as a great power.
Chief among those challenges, Milley said, will be the change from a "unipolar moment" in which the U.S. stood as "the most powerful nation on earth."
"Now, it is increasingly clear that we are really in a multipolar international environment with at least three great powers: the United States, China and Russia," he said. "And three is much more complicated than two and certainly much more complicated than one."
Of course, Mark Milley is just United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, I'm sure you know far better than he does. 😂
You know.... the Joint Chiefs of Staff is always going to say that. To downplay a country with a massive nuclear arsenal would be stupid. That does NOT mean they have a military capable of taking a hill of dirt.
Whatever helps you cope I suppose.
Well, I appreciate your support. I'm not as sure about it as you are, but all current evidence indicates that I am correct here.
It is hypocritical of you to complain about the war machine and callous Americans in one breath and then switch to exalting the opinion of someone proclaiming extremist quotes in order to keep his "inevitable" war machine going as soon as your two initial fallacies were exposed.
If you think that the fact that Russia now being considered a great power by US military supports your argument then what else is there to tell you.
Having extra money left over seems like the opposite of a grift to me.
Where do you think that money ends up exactly, think it's going to recirculate back into the economy or end up continue being allocated to the Pentagon?
The money that they could have spent but didn't spend? Presumably they'll spend it on more Ukrainian aid.
If by Ukrainian aid you mean general embezzling and lining the pockets of the oligarchs then certainly.
Show evidence.
That money was already taxed for the defense budget. It would’ve never been used for anything other than whatever DoD decided to spend it on.
Biden raised Pentagon budget as I recall, and the proxy war was one of the main justifications for that the other being deranged fantasies about having a war with China.
Hah, downvoting an AP article. I guess they're in Putin's pocket too now! It's a good thing only Republicans cry "fake news" at everything that threatens them.
I think it's the last bit about the fact that all this money is coming out of people's pockets that made them mad. We're not supposed to talk about the cost the average person pays for maintaining the empire.
LMFAO the downvotes, this is precisely why US is such a shithole country. Instead of spending taxes on things that actually help Americans such as infrastructure, healthcare, or education it all goes to endless wars that Americans keep cheering on. You lot deserve exactly what's happening to you.