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it's not going to bankrupt the us, bit its military capability is clearly less, bc some of its resources have been eaten up by the war on ukraine

I'm not sure why you think that I think that

probably less, but still a substantial amount?

it's a proxy war with nato. its fighting Ukrainian AF who've been trained by nato, armed by nato, using intelligence supplied by nato, etc. so it's not exactly the same as fighting NATO. but it's also not a million miles away.

true, energy price shock has not had the same effect on the us - thanks to shale its probably positively aligned to such movements - but even the us is down a substantial amount of material. from a logical POV fighting a war makes you weaker, even if you're the united states, bc fighting a war...

Martin Wolf's latest column: https://www.ft.com/content/00d033a8-2a8d-4858-8eae-bf5e5966d1c4 Adam Tooze's latest column: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/04/24/america-has-dictated-its-economic-peace-terms-to-china/?s=09

what? that's not rw criticism of biden!

nato is weaker bc its member states are in a war which had lowered their gdp, increased their energy insecurity and reduced their stocks of armaments, to take just a few relevant factors. fighting a war with someone in general is going to weaken you, just by virtue of what war entails, but here...

it all depends on your criteria. many ppl thought that ukraine would roll over and measured against that end russia had not done well. many ppl, it turns out, over estimated the strength of the russian armed forces. even so, its effectively fighting nato and is still in the mix with the ultimate...

true, we dont know how trump would respond to the russian invasion of ukraine, but the biden admin has taken the confrontation with china up several levels

not sure why you think hes a chinese agent however

don't worry rich, stick your oar in, I don't mind. biden has a big team of neocons on his bench, including ofc victoria "fuck the EU" nuland, he knows whats he's doing

both sides are substantially weaker. within russia, putin is probably stronger. which is fine.

what it is, is a complete disaster from every perspective

but that goes both ways. are we benefiting? is this as success of western strategy? no, it's not that either.

wrt war with nato, russia is doing pretty well. i.e., it hasn't been defeated. it's still a live concern. was the invasion a good idea? no, obviously not.

the issue really is that the biden admin is one of the most hawkest ever. it's already at war with russia and it's threatening war with china. why is that?

but apparently this is something no one agrees with, irrespective of whether it offers solutions or not

haha brutal

the single chapter is not a long read