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    1. On Sunday, the @nytimes ran this essay on how US military UNDERspending is to blame for the Ukraine crisis. This is some Missile Gap™-grade hype for the US military industrial complex.
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    This article must have been written last week, and printed Sunday. Yet so much of it feels unbelievable by Tuesday. e.g. "Russia has developed precisely the capabilities needed to rebuild its influence in Eastern Europe."
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      Also, a whopper of enemy hyping in the lead: "There is no world leader today with a better track record when it comes to using military power than President Vladimir V. Putin“ Not sure if this guy is selling something, but military contractors are.
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        Also, the eight-year stalemate in eastern Ukraine has been a smashing success.
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          If you've been watching the invasion, you may be surprised to learn that Russia's military equipment has been thoroughly upgraded.
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            Western sanctions are useless against Russian "hard power" because "economies don't fight wars, militaries do."
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              And sanctions are ineffective, the paper reads the night before the Russian ruble crashed.
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                The USA may have a vastly larger military budget and better equipment, but can we keep up with their rate of increase in military spending?
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                  In short, on the eve of a proxy war in which Biden is promising not to send the US military, an op-ed urges the USA to win the military spending race and project hard power. Cui bono?
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