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Disaffected

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1. The point is made but,

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Mon Feb 20, 2023, 06:30 PM

Feb 2023

for heaven's sake, it is not just the 5% of US military budget that has destroyed "half" the Russian military. IIRC, Ukraine itself and a number of NATO countries also had something to do with it.

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It's Costing Us Peanuts to defeat Russia [View all] LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2023 OP

The point is made but, Disaffected Feb 2023 #1

From the CEPA cost/benefit analysis linked to in the OP teach1st Feb 2023 #5

I thought that was the overall tone of the article though. Disaffected Feb 2023 #6

It overlooks over things, too. Igel Feb 2023 #24

Russia also had a big hand in destroying "half" the Russian military.... whopis01 Feb 2023 #30

More of magas Never Ending LIES. Cha Feb 2023 #2

5% of our annual defense budget to stop Putin's advancement on Ukraine seems like a hell of a bargai LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2023 #3

this time it truly is a case of- fight them over there so we dont have to fight them over here. mopinko Feb 2023 #4

I'm all for spending whatever it takes SickOfTheOnePct Feb 2023 #7

Interfering in our elections is an attack questionseverything Feb 2023 #8

We can SickOfTheOnePct Feb 2023 #11

That was and is a damn whacking great attack Hekate Feb 2023 #13

As I said SickOfTheOnePct Feb 2023 #15

Putin has been attacking the US since he took over Russia. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #9

r u kidding? he stuck us w trump. mopinko Feb 2023 #16

Dumbass voters stuck us with Trump n/t SickOfTheOnePct Feb 2023 #17

Cyberattacks and harassing US soldiers in Afghanistan and US Navy ships in the Pacific IronLionZion Feb 2023 #23

Yes it is a very small price to pay to defeat Russia and destroy their military. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #10

KnR Hekate Feb 2023 #12

And also, much if not most of that money Mr.Bill Feb 2023 #14

Agree 100% n/t SickOfTheOnePct Feb 2023 #18

War by proxy? Larissa Feb 2023 #22

Reagan's strategy was to spend trillions on an arms race to keep Russia under control. Midnight Writer Feb 2023 #19

Clearly the best response to Republican bitchin' Red Mountain Feb 2023 #20

The apex of military AssHoliness was at the peak of the Cold War Mopar151 Feb 2023 #26

Settingn aside the morality of the fight, we and our NATO allies are grinding down a near peer.... paleotn Feb 2023 #21

these fascist fucks didn't care about TRILLIONS wasted in Iraq and Afghanistan Skittles Feb 2023 #25

If it's costing us peanuts, it's a good thing we have peanut farmers. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2023 #27

Misleading subject line to this discussion Bucky Feb 2023 #28

I wouldn't put much stock in "positive regime change" in Russia Bucky Feb 2023 #29