Russia has the most powerful military in Europe.No, America does thanks to our continued propping up of NATO (hey, where did that peace dividend go when the wall came down?). Stop sounding like Max Boot, and more like a critical thinking American.
No, America does thanks to our continued propping up of NATO (hey, where did that peace dividend go when the wall came down?). Stop sounding like Max Boot, and more like a critical thinking American. There was a massive peace dividend. We dropped military spending from an 80's peak of 7% of national output, to about 3%. Even in the current 4% range, we are now near post-WWII lows, re defense as a % of national output, and well below the Eisenhower era's low teens number. Not that the media will ever mention this fact:
