“WWII was war bonds. And if you think comparing UKR with WWII makes your point you’re certifiably insane”
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You don’t seem to understand what is going on here - at all.
I said that Russia is right now benefiting economically from its wartime economy budget. If it works for Russia, why wouldn’t similar Western investments on our own military structures be great for OUR economies as well? That was in essence what I explained.
This is not about a “little Ukraine war” compared to WW2, as you seem to imply.
Do I have to remind you that Russia has mobilized 40% of its ENTIRE national budget to wage war! Historically speaking, this is gigantic and totally out-of-scale in this day and age.
It means one thing : Russian is preparing itself for a much, much wider war.
Russia is preparing itself to expand it’s war even further against many other Western countries, and against the West’s interests all over the world.
We are already in a low intensity WW3. If you don’t understand this fact then you must start to inform yourself, urgently.
Thus, when we invest in the so called Ukraine war, it’s actually an investment to cope with something already much wider, we’re already in a low-pace ww3 involving dozens of countries - its all in full swing! We don’t have the luxury to sleep-walk though this. We must react now. Even the Israel war going right now is a direct result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Putin asked his Iranian allies to foment a Hamas-Israel war in order to disperse and put extra pressure on the West’s weapons deliveries to Ukraine. It worked. It has indeed lighten up the pressure on the Russia / Ukraine front in Russia’s favor. At the same time Russia gets massive help form Communist North Korea which provided Russia with 3 millions shells... All communist nations are already helping each other with military expenditures to finance and/or militarized even further the anti-Western front. While our Congressmen are on.. vacation... sleepy congressmen....
Russia has a history of escalating wars, against others and especially against its own citizens. That’s what the Kremlin deep-state does.
The Russian State Budget at War
SCEEUS Commentary No. 4, 2024
Total security related spending will reach about 40–45 % of all state expenditures in 2024. In addition, Russia faces an increasing cost for debt servicing, from 4 % of all expenditures in 2019 to 8 % in 2024. This debt factor is a key vulnerability and potential target for sanctions.
https://sceeus.se/en/publications/the-russian-state-budget-at-war/
“Russia has mobilized 40% of its ENTIRE national budget”
A few things:
1. Russia’s accounting practices are rather opaque. The Russians are also fond of deception. Meaning that this may be a number intended for public consumption partly to explain away shortages in the consumer sector. “We are on a war time economy!” is a handy excuse for why durable and non-durable goods and services are in short supply as opposed to admitting to impacts from Western sanctions.
2. Russia is notoriously corrupt. The war is presenting opportunities for graft and even if 40% of the budget is allocated to war production much of that will be stolen. Evidence of this is found in the ongoing inability of the Russian military to meet payroll, disability, and retirement obligations. Either the money is being stolen or refer to my point #1 and the money simply doesn’t exist to meet these obligations.
3. Is Russian military spending increased? Sure it has. But much of the money is being used on refurbishing old but salvageable equipment, vehicles, armor, ships, and aircraft. As of yet I have not heard or seen any reports of new Russian factories being built, new iron or coal mines for a renewed steel industry, or even evidence of new weapons factories being built. The focus would seem to be on refurbishing old Soviet gear for use in the war.