sbr999 t1_j1usf8l wrote on December 27, 2022 at 3:45 PM

Is Russia even something more than a bad joke at this moment? They make themselves look like buffoons and the whole world is laughing at them

akuma211 t1_j1wukrz wrote on December 28, 2022 at 12:08 AM

Russia is appearing to the world militarily, what Trump appeared to the world, politically.

Both a laughing stock shit show

KryptosFR t1_j1ygti6 wrote on December 28, 2022 at 9:20 AM

The good news is that the US military might finally be able to decrease their spending and invest it in something else like, I don't know, education or healthcare.

The bogeyman was a sad scarecrow all along.

TheGhostOfGeneStoner t1_j1ytxh9 wrote on December 28, 2022 at 12:16 PM

No, for the last several years of the formal GWOT, the US military knew that their time there would be drawing to a close and starting touting preparations for a near peer conflict. While many assumed it was Russia they were referencing, it was actually China. For instance, the B-21 Raider was built specifically to solve the problem of having a strategic bomber that could hit the Chinese mainland without endangering carrier groups or putting air-air refueling tankers in danger.

Edit - in short, the boogeyman still exists, we’ll just change some details so he remains scary