The United States spent $877 billion on its military in 2022, nearly 40% of the global total, 10 times more than Russia ($86.4 billion), and three times more than China ($292 billion).
I saw the stats some weeks ago and I was pretty impress by the proportions.
But I think that you guys should also add that American war industries make up a big chuck of GDP in USA and this is the first reason they keep starting new wars, Coups, proxy or not.
The second reason is that since the bloody new century (the one where all the hopes were destroyed by Bush & The Gang) wars are made to cover up huge economical problems, recessions. If you were old enough in 2001 you could remember that, as now or a year ago, we were at the edge of e new recession, all financial news were talking about that risk. But then magically Nazi Bush et al, came up with 9/11 then Afghanistan and Iraq wars.... Et voillà!
So USA has always a war in its hat instead of a rabbit...
P.S.
Lehman Bros and Co could have failed some years before 2007/8 if there was no 9/11.... remember, remember the 11 September!
Absolutely. War is a solution, not to get out of the chronic economic crisis (which is systemic), but to continue to enrich those who finance the campaigns of the two major parties that share power and its revenues.
And there is also the propaganda that is in full swing. I just read the article "U.S. and Ukraine: sending arms or twisting arms?" on Foreign Policy in Focus. It's so misleading, so obsequious to the White House and the Pentagon, that it's sickening.
Problem is really Propaganda, all old media and net giants are Pentagon assets, from Fakebook to Scroogle and Twitter before Musk (will see how this one will evolve).
I mean Covid was the general rehearsal for the next 10 years. Problem is that in Eurasia is not much different.
All these expenses for what? For an army that has consistently lost every conflict in which it has been involved (except perhaps in Grenada) but believes itself to be the best army in the world. Hollywood and TV series sell the image of the best soldiers in the world, especially the Marines and the Special Forces. In reality, a series of retreats, with their tails down, and traumatized soldiers.
(For those who don't know, World War II was mostly won by the Soviet army. The American army faced a German army that had little to do with the one that had swept through the French army in May 1940. And yet, this exhausted army panicked the American command in the Ardennes. We could also come back to the Italian campaign where we cannot praise the American strategists, and I will throw a modest veil over the battle of the Pacific).
The American taxpayers pay the price of a Roll Royce, which turns out to be a cardboard cart.
And then gets other countries like Ukraine to fight its imperialist wars; and milks its 29 NATO members for billions more . Its called parasitism on steroids.
The word is Zelensky is going to get fired for losing his war.
Not really. If spending large sums of money made one feel safer, then I should feel perfectly calm and at ease right after I get home from the grocery store or the gas station.
I saw the stats some weeks ago and I was pretty impress by the proportions.
But I think that you guys should also add that American war industries make up a big chuck of GDP in USA and this is the first reason they keep starting new wars, Coups, proxy or not.
The second reason is that since the bloody new century (the one where all the hopes were destroyed by Bush & The Gang) wars are made to cover up huge economical problems, recessions. If you were old enough in 2001 you could remember that, as now or a year ago, we were at the edge of e new recession, all financial news were talking about that risk. But then magically Nazi Bush et al, came up with 9/11 then Afghanistan and Iraq wars.... Et voillà!
So USA has always a war in its hat instead of a rabbit...
P.S.
Lehman Bros and Co could have failed some years before 2007/8 if there was no 9/11.... remember, remember the 11 September!
Absolutely. War is a solution, not to get out of the chronic economic crisis (which is systemic), but to continue to enrich those who finance the campaigns of the two major parties that share power and its revenues.
And there is also the propaganda that is in full swing. I just read the article "U.S. and Ukraine: sending arms or twisting arms?" on Foreign Policy in Focus. It's so misleading, so obsequious to the White House and the Pentagon, that it's sickening.
Problem is really Propaganda, all old media and net giants are Pentagon assets, from Fakebook to Scroogle and Twitter before Musk (will see how this one will evolve).
I mean Covid was the general rehearsal for the next 10 years. Problem is that in Eurasia is not much different.
So the question is: where do we escape to? XD
All these expenses for what? For an army that has consistently lost every conflict in which it has been involved (except perhaps in Grenada) but believes itself to be the best army in the world. Hollywood and TV series sell the image of the best soldiers in the world, especially the Marines and the Special Forces. In reality, a series of retreats, with their tails down, and traumatized soldiers.
(For those who don't know, World War II was mostly won by the Soviet army. The American army faced a German army that had little to do with the one that had swept through the French army in May 1940. And yet, this exhausted army panicked the American command in the Ardennes. We could also come back to the Italian campaign where we cannot praise the American strategists, and I will throw a modest veil over the battle of the Pacific).
The American taxpayers pay the price of a Roll Royce, which turns out to be a cardboard cart.
Meanwhile, the federal government is paying the banks' debts (see Michael Hudson or Pam and Russ Martens).
Hey, it's not like Dwight didn't warn us. The MIC is the scam that will probably get us all killed.
And then gets other countries like Ukraine to fight its imperialist wars; and milks its 29 NATO members for billions more . Its called parasitism on steroids.
The word is Zelensky is going to get fired for losing his war.
No mystery here: this is what empires do, especially ones in their death throes.
The best/worst saved for last: “These irregularities in the Pentagon's accounting are larger than the entire US economy.
The US Department of Defense has failed every audit it has ever tried.
ha, ha, ha!
Not really. If spending large sums of money made one feel safer, then I should feel perfectly calm and at ease right after I get home from the grocery store or the gas station.