georgephillip
Diamond Member
Which country poses the greatest threat to global peace?
Who gets rich from that?
"JULY 3, 2020
The US Military Has Its Knee on the Throat of the World
by ELLEN TAYLOR"
"As Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, observed, 'The character of war is changing frequency'.
"The messy, scrappy, unsatisfying, asymmetrical wars in the devastated Middle East have lost the interest of our warriors, as two worthier adversaries, China and Russia, have been conjured up, and now grip their attention.
"Although our budget comprises over 40% of the world’s military spending, and China and Russia spend respectively one-sixth and one-tenth of ours, the Pentagon refers to them generously as “near-peers”.
"China and Russia are not eager for these roles.
"We have had to torment them, like reluctant bulls in a bullfight.
"We sail our warships within twelve miles of their shores, conducting vast military exercises in the South China Sea, the Black Sea, the Persian Gulf and the Japan Sea.
"Thousands of US troops marched across Europe this spring to perform military exercises along Russia’s borders.
"Arleigh-Burke class guided missile destroyers, with aerial escort, performed maneuvers this May, close to the Russian coast in the Barents Sea, to enforce 'freedom of navigation'".
Time to defund the Pentagon?
Who gets rich from that?
"JULY 3, 2020
The US Military Has Its Knee on the Throat of the World
by ELLEN TAYLOR"
"As Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, observed, 'The character of war is changing frequency'.
"The messy, scrappy, unsatisfying, asymmetrical wars in the devastated Middle East have lost the interest of our warriors, as two worthier adversaries, China and Russia, have been conjured up, and now grip their attention.
"Although our budget comprises over 40% of the world’s military spending, and China and Russia spend respectively one-sixth and one-tenth of ours, the Pentagon refers to them generously as “near-peers”.
"China and Russia are not eager for these roles.
"We have had to torment them, like reluctant bulls in a bullfight.
"We sail our warships within twelve miles of their shores, conducting vast military exercises in the South China Sea, the Black Sea, the Persian Gulf and the Japan Sea.
"Thousands of US troops marched across Europe this spring to perform military exercises along Russia’s borders.
"Arleigh-Burke class guided missile destroyers, with aerial escort, performed maneuvers this May, close to the Russian coast in the Barents Sea, to enforce 'freedom of navigation'".
Time to defund the Pentagon?