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paleotn

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

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Mon Feb 20, 2023, 08:52 PM

Feb 2023

with a small fraction of our overall defense budgets. Seems for the umpteenth time, we've grossly overestimated Russian military prowess. Add the morality factor back in and outside of WWII we're hard pressed to find a more black and white, good vs. evil situation in recent geopolitics.

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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