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“Geez, Bob - the things you have to put up with...”

One of the things about these Operatives showing up here only AFTER the war has begun is that we can see their thinking. In the case of this particular Operative, you get a window into the Neocon thinking by his implication that the Russian economy is a gnat, that can be snuffed out. Well, it’s not, or the combined efforts of the wealthiest countries in the world numbering close to 700 MILLION people would have easy wiped out little Russia, at 150 Million. But instead the Russian economy is now STRONGER than ever, and now 4th largest in the world.

While the above idiocy on their part is borderline laughable (although it will be costly later on, when we need fuel for our nuclear reactors, for example), what is REALLY scary is that China is next, and these same clowns actually think we have a larger economy than China, even with leading the world, often by a HUGE AMOUNT, in just about every measurable metric. So, when these clowns try getting cute with China, they’ll simply cut off a few key items (or materials) that we need, and Americans will starve.

.....the Russian economy is now STRONGER than ever, and now 4th largest in the world.

ROFLMAO! On GDP, Russia isn't even in the top ten!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)

“ROFLMAO! On GDP, Russia isn’t even in the top ten!”

Nominal GDP has been DEBUNKED as the main measure of a country’s output and Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) is a closer measurement. For example, it implies that the US has more output than the country that consumes nearly 50 Percent of world’s resources and produces vastly more of virtually everything (such as twice as many cars, for example), which is China.

If our ‘friend’ looks at PPP, especially the June 2024 update, everything changes, with Russia being Number 4.

Again, it’s this inability (really unwillingness) of the Neocons and their supporters to ACCURATELY assess what they are up against which has gotten us into the mess we have in Ukraine, where the entire West and much more, have virtually EMPTIED their military arsenals against a country that they considered barely more of a threat than, say, Belgium.