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lapfog_1

(29,201 posts)
3. some stats
Thu Jan 20, 2022, 11:04 PM
Jan 2022

population of NATO countries - 944 M

population of Russia - 144 M

GDP of NATO countries - 18.35 Trillion

GDP of Russia - 1.48 Trillion

( GDP of California is around 3 Trillion )

If NATO engages and this becomes a resource war ( non-nuclear )... Putin will have gravely miscalculated.

AND now we know why Trump was trying to kill off NATO or at least get us out of NATO... he really is / was owned by Putin

 

marie999

(3,334 posts)
7. It also has the second-best military in the world behind the U.S.
Fri Jan 21, 2022, 01:59 PM
Jan 2022

If there is a war in Europe, it opens up the Pacific to China, the third-best military.

lapfog_1

(29,201 posts)
6. This is Putin's "Wag The Dog"
Fri Jan 21, 2022, 12:07 AM
Jan 2022

Russia has a faltering economy, brought about by 2 years of low oil prices... coupled with a severe pandemic response (Sputnik was, apparently, not that effective). This is leading Putin to restart the "Ukraine issue"... not to mention the failure to install a pro-Russian government in Ukraine.

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