Old Rocks
Diamond Member
Which language would you like to learn? Cutting the military sounds so damned easy, until you need them.
Come on Ollie. Save us the fear mongering
You want to know what sized military we really need to protect the US from being invaded?
We need about twenty multiple warhead atomic weapons
That's why Russia is so strong today, right?
Since I work for a Russian company, I can tell you that Russia is stronger today than they were at the time of the breakup of the USSR. Still to autocratic, but they are now exploiting the vast territory that has been unexploited until now. And they are forming their own multi-national corperations that are doing very well. Particularly in the steel industry.
They still have enough nukes to decimate the world if attacked, and without the need to disseminate an ideology, they can just focus on aquiring wealth, influence, and power. And they are doing that. Remember, if you want to go into space, a manned mission, you have to talk to the Russians, now.