Members stevenkesslar Posted Tuesday at 06:42 AM Members Posted Tuesday at 06:42 AM Russia to prepare for war with NATO Quote “The Ministry of Defense of Russia must be ready for any development of events, including a possible military conflict with NATO in Europe in the next decade,” [Defense Minister] Belousov said. That's a quaint headline, isn't it? At least part of it is blustering. Putin is no doubt letting Europe and the US know he will be a hard negotiator on Ukraine. I'm not holding my breath for anything other than a fragile ceasefire. And he also may be signaling that he really isn't bosom buddies with Trump, after all. Who knew? 😉 But I take it to also be implicit confirmation of two things. Both of which are very bad news for Genocide World and Genocide Man. First, NATO is stronger and more unified than it has been in a long time. All thanks to Genocide Man. Biden was, in effect, President NATO. He was the right guy at the right time to bring in countries like Sweden and Finland. And now Trump is set up perfectly to walk in the room and say, "I love you, but you need to pay the fuck up." It is unintentional good cop/bad cop. But it is for sure not in Putin's interests. Second, Genocide Man needs a permanent enemy to rationalize his stagnating economy and dying nation. So if there's not a hot war with Ukraine, he needs a Cold War with NATO. He knows a hot war with NATO would turn Moscow into dust. And Master Xi will castrate his tired old genocidal pit bull before he could even start such a war. But it gives Genocide Man a reason to keep his warped war economy going. He sure needs one. That's what Putin has done for Russia lately. He had a great first decade from 2000 to 2010, during which Russia unquestionably recovered as he played footsie with the West. But even if we stipulate that there are certain economic benefits to an economy based on processing Russians - especially minorities - into meat, it's hardly great news for anyone in Genocide World. Let alone the Russian families of all the men turned into meat by Genocide Man. As that website shows, when measured by per capita GDP in US dollars, the average US household clocks in at about $51,000 a year. Poor Vlad! Median Household Income in Russia (2010 - 2021, Purchasing Power Parity in Current International Dollars) The alternative chart in that link, which I can't post as a JPG, is more accurate since it is based on PPP. Russia in 2022 was at $27, 634, up about 0.8 % from 2021. Things are way cheaper in Russia than in Los Angeles or NYC. But that number is down from $43,635 (in PPP) for the average Russian in 2010. Genocide Man has been running on fumes, and genocide, for a long time now. By comparison, the US is at $65,658 (again, in PPP) in 2021, compared to $58,757 in 2015. America is leaving Russia in the dust. And Genocide Man can't do much about it, without literally turning Moscow into dust. Regardless of his threats, and mass slaughter of innocent and helpless women and children. Russia today is a corrupt, weak, piece of shit country compared to the Soviet Union, which also collapsed of its decay. Good news is at least someone will do well, until the country collapses again. Wonder who? Quote
