GNP
Russia 1.3 Trillion
US 16.6 Trillion
You do the math....
I am not a math person, but that there is a big disparity!
Somehow I find it kind of stupid to consider the capacity or importance of a stealth bomber being a big deal when 3000 ICBM’s are about to arrive. Not a real issue there Mr.Putin.
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“Russia 1.3 Trillion
US 16.6 Trillion”
I don’t know what the disparity was between the British Empire and the thirteen colonies, but I’ll wager it was similar. To win a war you need to first have a prepared populace. Diversity is the opposite of creating a uniform public opinion. We have diversity.
To win you need a culture of can-do and the will to endure shared suffering. We had that in the 1940’s. I don’t think we have it now. Can you imagine if you wanted all those people who sit at home all day doing drugs and watching cable to actually go to work? What, no EBT, no cable no free cell phones? Even if you forced them into the plants they would make lousy workers.
Lastly, if you want to win, you can’t have a single liberal in the government or the military. I think government is much like universities; not a conservative in sight.
Yes, I can do the math, but we had already won in Iraq and the next president to come along pissed away the victory. Now he’s releasing the prisoners from Gitmo. They’ll probably be back over the Mexican border in time for the next president to deal with the mess.
“It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” - Mark Twain