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The American politician class, the Deep State, and the MSM want Americans to believe Russia is a fearsome boogie man, as the assholes from the deep state claimed during the impeachment fiasco. But is it?
It’s entire economy is surpassed by the NYC metro area. It’s economy is essentially oil, gas, and mining. It’s military budget is minuscule. Yet, Americans are told by the corrupt cabal to fear Putin and Russia. Could they really believe this obvious propaganda?
Congrats, Dems! You've Empowered a Pack of Paranoid Neocon Morons
By David Stockman
Congrats, Dems! You’ve Empowered a Pack of Paranoid Neocon Morons - LewRockwell LewRockwell.com
The the GDP of the New York City metro area alone is about $1.8 trillion, which is well more than Russia’s 2018 GDP of $1.66 trillion. And that, in turn, is just 8% of America’s total GDP of $21.5 trillion.
Moreover, Russia’ dwarf economy is composed largely of a vast oil and gas patch; a multitude of nickel, copper, bauxite and vanadium mines; and some very large swatches of wheat fields. That’s not exactly the kind of high tech industrial platform on which a war machine capable of threatening the good folks in Lincoln NE or Worchester MA is likely to be erected.
Not surprisingly, Russia’s pint-sized economy can not support a military establishment anywhere near to that of Imperial Washington. To wit, its $61 billion of military outlays in 2018 amounted to less than 32 days of Washington’s current $750 billion of expenditures for defense.
It’s entire economy is surpassed by the NYC metro area. It’s economy is essentially oil, gas, and mining. It’s military budget is minuscule. Yet, Americans are told by the corrupt cabal to fear Putin and Russia. Could they really believe this obvious propaganda?
Congrats, Dems! You've Empowered a Pack of Paranoid Neocon Morons
By David Stockman
Congrats, Dems! You’ve Empowered a Pack of Paranoid Neocon Morons - LewRockwell LewRockwell.com
The the GDP of the New York City metro area alone is about $1.8 trillion, which is well more than Russia’s 2018 GDP of $1.66 trillion. And that, in turn, is just 8% of America’s total GDP of $21.5 trillion.
Moreover, Russia’ dwarf economy is composed largely of a vast oil and gas patch; a multitude of nickel, copper, bauxite and vanadium mines; and some very large swatches of wheat fields. That’s not exactly the kind of high tech industrial platform on which a war machine capable of threatening the good folks in Lincoln NE or Worchester MA is likely to be erected.
Not surprisingly, Russia’s pint-sized economy can not support a military establishment anywhere near to that of Imperial Washington. To wit, its $61 billion of military outlays in 2018 amounted to less than 32 days of Washington’s current $750 billion of expenditures for defense.