Posted on 03/25/2016 5:49:06 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Russia is to beef up its military forces all the way from its western border to the Pacific islands amid ongoing strains with the West, the military said Friday.
No financial details were disclosed but the buildup will likely be costly and takes place at a time when the Russian economy is in recession under the dual impact of low oil prices and Western sanctions imposed on Moscow over its role in the Ukrainian crisis.
While announcing the buildup, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said the deployment of NATO’s forces near Russia’s borders has caused concern. As part of a response, he said new units in the Western Military District, including two new divisions, will be formed. …
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Thanks Ukraine (and McCain).
Why don’t we just give them Alaska to appease them, eh?
If Russia overthrows the government of Alaska we’ll be even. Pick some other place though. Maybe Canada or Mexico.
If they announce it, they probably aren’t doing it. Russia is cash strapped right now. Russia needs oil to go back to $100 a barrel.
The best thing Russia could do right now is accidentally invade Iran and sow confusion into the area. “Oops, a division made a wrong turn. We’ll find our way out”
President Trump will take care of that.
So I’ll ask this again.
How can Russia afford all this?
They’re building new bombers, fighters, subs, tanks, planning on building a new carrier, wars they’ve fought over the last few years.
I don’t get it.
Oh, I don’t think that they have any problem with borrowing the money.
The last thing that they’ll do is invade Iran. You think they want to do the USA any favors?
Right, Putin on contiguous US borders. So much better.
I don’t think it would do us a favor if it was an “accident”. But Iran has been part of the “keep oil cheap” cartel. This move would panic Iran and they would need more money to buy weapons. It would also send a message to the “keep oil cheap” cartel.
Russia builds them, to sell them.
You did notice that they’ve been partners with Red China for about a decade, right . . . ?
Russia still would not do that to their ally against the West.
I guess.
We can barely afford our military and they seem to be keeping up, if not out pacing us in many areas.
Well, there is a difference between a national debt of $20 trillion and that of $145 billion (the latter figure is admittedly from Russia’s Ministry of Finance).
We can afford our military.
But our politicians would rather use that money to buy votes.
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