“Of the three main superpowers today...”
Pick another history book. You don’t have a clue.
Russia has the economy of France, it’s dependent on 2 exports, energy (which we can crush at will if we need to) and inferior war armaments.
Russia is a shadow of itself and diplomatically has isolated itself from its former sphere of influence.
It’s a 2nd tier nation with 3rd tier politics and dictator and 4 tier foreign policy with its main allies being rogue states like Iran, NKorea and Syria.
Do more reading and less posting until you comprehend the world in which you live. ...or keep posting and embarrassing yourself.
I was speaking of military capacity. That’s what started this array of topics. As for the financial aspects of a country, that has nothing to do with their efforts to enhance countries like Syria, Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan, or any of the other third world nations they are trying to impress. They don’t send them food, they send them weapons. And they get their support by doing so.
I spent 21 years active military in the DP field and another 12 years working in tandem with the pentagon training in the 35L career field before they retired me medically. I didn’t read books all the time. Many times I talked to the people that wrote them.
So before you make snap judgments on people who are making statements, you better know where they got their info. Or you could be just embarrassing yourself. I did this for a living for half my life. I didn’t read the NY Times to get my info. I was there to include a lot of things you know nothing about unless you were there.
Besides, how in the world can a person get embarrassed when no one knows who you or I am? This is why I never insult, or try to insult, someone’s knowledge based upon statements. I have no idea who you are and you don’t know me. So who is going to embarrass me? I can’t think of anyone or anyway on political boards.
rwood