“The US defense budget is at an almost historically low % of GDP. If you want to rail against a defense industry being an outsize part of an economy, look right at Russia.”
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Indeed. Russia’s imperialist war-costs against its victims is now at 32.5% (!!!) of its entire national budget.
Jesus Christ...
Imagine if America oriented 32.5% of its entire budget for wars in the middle east and elsewhere... That would create a revolution in America. I wonder what wildcard_wedneck thinks about that?
While the "Lord's name in vain" seems lost on you, here are some citations of the above, suggesting you read one AP article which made errors.
"Russia is hiking state spending on national defence by a quarter in 2025 to 6.3% of gross domestic product (GDP), the highest levels since the Cold War, according to draft budget documents published on Monday."Your habit of not citing your sources is noted, as is the misuse of a Name, as above.Russia hikes 2025 defence spending by 25% to a new post-Soviet high Reuters, 30 September 2024
"The Russian government has announced its proposed budget for 2024. For the first time in modern history, the country is set to spend 6 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) on the military, and defense spending will exceed social spending. The war against Ukraine and the West is not only the Kremlin's biggest priority; it is now also the main driver of Russia's economic growth."
Russia's 2024 Budget Shows It's Planning for a Long War in Ukraine Carnegie, 11 October 2023.
Interesting comparison with the US, per the World Bank site: Military expenditure (% of GDP) - United States, Russian Federation World Bank
Senegal is now lost to France....
In late November, both Senegal and Chad – independently of one another – moved to profoundly alter their longstanding relationships with the French military.
Senegalese President Diomaye Bassirou Faye, evoking the 80th anniversary of the massacre by French soldiers of Senegalese troops recently freed from German prisoner-of-war camps, at the Thiaroye camp near Dakar, told Le Monde that “soon there will be no more French soldiers in Senegal.”
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“Nearly 3,000 miles to the east, Chad’s government announced that it was withdrawing from a 2019 defense cooperation agreement with France. “Sixty-six years after the proclamation of the Republic of Chad,” the statement read, “it is time for Chad to affirm its full and complete sovereignty, and to redefine its strategic partnerships according to its national priorities.””
France’s empire of shadow colonies is gone......😎