SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
If only the Russia First crowd would realize this.
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If only the Russia First crowd would realize this.Not to mention the cost savings with not having to dispose of it. Hell, the US should be paying Ukraine to take old stock off their hands!
Thos last sentence is inaccurate. There are hundreds if not thousands of foreign fighters from the US, Canada, and Europe. My son, a former Marine, was watching a video just last week when he remarked: "I know that guy!"We're spending a ridiculously low amount to eliminate the military power of our nation's former primary enemy. AT NO LOSS OF THE LIVES OF OUR GUYS.
I was trying to put some of this into context and found that the UK spent on average 40% of its budget on defence spending in WW2.
In 1939 the UK was spending a lot of money on defence but that was 9% of the total budget.
If Russia is getting close to 33% of its budget on Defence in 2023/4, the country is effectively on a War footing in everything but name.
Thos last sentence is inaccurate. There are hundreds if not thousands of foreign fighters from the US, Canada, and Europe. My son, a former Marine, was watching a video just last week when he remarked: "I know that guy!"
There have been casualties among "our guys". Many foreigners are in Ukraine, accepting the dangers that come with being in a war zone, and some have paid the ultimate price.
The people will be feeling the bite if not already doing so. Military spending is remarkably uneconomical, it bites into GDP and national incomes as well. Paul Kennedy spells this out at length in RaFotGPs.
Yup. I would comment more strongly in agreement with you but I would start ranting in the political realm.I'll need to read his work because, in one sense, the Ukraine war is generating good-quality, technical manufacturing jobs in many states. Seems to me that that's a good thing. It's not like it denudes other industries of workers. Employment rates in most western nations range between 2.9% (Germany) and 7.4% (France) (UK is 4.3% and US is 3.8%). We're still some ways from "full" employment.
I'll need to read his work because, in one sense, the Ukraine war is generating good-quality, technical manufacturing jobs in many states. Seems to me that that's a good thing. It's not like it denudes other industries of workers. Employment rates in most western nations range between 2.9% (Germany) and 7.4% (France) (UK is 4.3% and US is 3.8%). We're still some ways from "full" employment.
He writes in terms of comparing the expenses of a military expedition compared to the income such expeditions bring back in to the state.
The book is a little dated, but still in print and well worth the read:
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Ahhh...yes, have that one in my library. It's a good thesis. The subtle difference here is that there is no "expedition" by the western powers. They're simply funneling equipment and some know-how to the Ukrainians (in reality, the know-how flow is very much a 2-way street...and I suspect we learn as much from Ukraine as they learn from us). There's no western "blood capital" involved, and we aren't recruiting more soldiers and hence increasing the human resource costs for our militaries.
Or the "Make Russia Great Again" crowd for that matter.If only the Russia First crowd would realize this.
Right, there's no HR expenses and little in the way of investment capital as the weapons are already built, and being replaced by newer models.
I was more thinking about how this affects Ukraine's economy. Sure, they may sell some weapons after the war is over, but until then, every dollar they sink into defense is getting expended on the field. It's nonrecoverable loss.
True, but if they lose, they won't have an economy any more because Russia will own their posteriors.
And good ol' Medvedev, on October 1st, said that German Missile manufacturing are now "legitimate" military targets.
Any more, when I read nonsense issuing from Medvedev, I see an image of that fat bastard Goering flopping around a microphone. Which is in keeping with Vladolph Putler's brilliant strategy of reclaiming "lost lands".
So now Germany is added to the list of Russia's dire consequences list and I actually laughed a little at the prospect.
Consider this: Russia strikes Germany, Germany mobilizes and marches across Poland to kick Russia's ass - does this not sound familiar?
You mean handing out Molotov cocktails as they get off the train at the Russian border ?With light refreshments.
Employment rates in most western nations range between 2.9% (Germany) and 7.4% (France) (UK is 4.3% and US is 3.8%). We're still some ways from "full" employment.