I love how Russia public military success plan involves the US getting bored of funneling money to defense contractors without any US or US contractor loss of life.
Reporter is interviewing a Polish general. "If Poland were to be attacked by Germany and Russia at the same time, which army would you go after first.?’
A Polish man finds a genie in a lamp, who gives him three wishes. The Polish man thinks, then says, "I wish the Mongols would pillage their way into Poland, and then go back home to Mongolia." The genie, confused, complies, and Poland is ravaged by the Mongol hordes.
"Again." the Polish man says. Dutifully, the genie obeys, sending the Mongols across the steppe to pillage Poland again.
"Again!" the Polish man cries.
The genie complies, but at long last, cannot hold his tongue. "You could have had anything!" the genie says, "Why wish for the Mongols to pillage your own country?"
The Polish man smiles and taps his head. "Ah, but to get to Poland and back to Mongolia, they have to pillage their way through Russia twice."
I’d love “America First”, if it was about giving aid to all the hungry homeless Americans instead of paying other nations to blow shit up or to fufill a religious prophecy…
When will people understand that actions across borders are very important to the country’s safety. If Russians are able to go through Ukraine, the threat would be on NATO countries, which could end up being the start of the WW3.
When “the old stuff we were gonna just sell on eBay” tops the enemy’s “top of the most corrupt line in the world” then that’s really a misleading statement.
Were doing what we can. I wouldn’t call it propaganda. Please also consider each country GDP. Everyone have limited resources. Poland GDP is 5 times smaller than Germany or Japan and 36 times smaller than US
The US also is kind of built up to be able to almost single handedly be NATO. Our defensive strategies involve using EU countries as bases. We have a vastly different goal with our military stockpiles. (Other than making defense contractors money I mean.)
It probably swings back toward the scenario depicted if you divide the amount given by the total amount that those countries have available to give, but yeah, good to keep real figures in mind while we have our fun.
It’s an old comic dude. Also you’re missing the joke as well as any historical context.
Poland has been through the wringer for centuries and even ceased existing for a while. Having some issues and hating Russia are some of the least unlikely results.
On the source website there is quite a bit more. The EU stuff is funded by a share of approximately .2 % of GDP by all EU members in addition to their individual aid.
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