The disasters in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya and recently, new wars blazing in Ukraine and Gaza cost money. The IMF calculated that the Russian “war” economy will grow by 3.2%, more than the US, Germany and France. The US alone spends almost $1 trillion on defense spending. ...
When something like this was tried in Afghanistan in the 1980s, the U.S. had the common courtesy to do it through the CIA and keep at least some of it secret. No more. Vladimir Putin, in return, has reminded the world several times he has nuclear weapons he is not all that opposed...