China, Russia and Iran may have resorted to the Reagan strategy in reverse, spend a lot on a modern military, forcing your antagonist to spend even more, resulting in financial collapse and bankruptcy.
The US economy, with gigantic debts incurred during the pandemic, decades of military spending, more by far than any other country in the world, as well as escalating social program spending resulting in continuing deficit spending and balance of trade deficits in the trillions, never mind manufacturing being shifted from the US to Chinaand other cheap labor countries.
Reagan had the benefit of a strong domestic economy, but that gone now and in fact China and Russia likely have a stronger trade and manufacturing position than the US.Iran doesn’t have a strong economy, but doesn’t need one with its authoritarian theocracy which is willing to regard its own population as largely expendable.
China, Russia and Iran can just continue to threaten in a believable manner while expanding their domestic economies and militaries and will likely become so dominant within 10 years the Europeans and the US will be seen as little more than nuisances.
There’s really a question of whether the US and European economies are even going to be stable enough in the next ten years to even maintain themselves, especially the US which has set out on a program of unlimited immigration, largely unvented and in many instances not even educated, and social disintegration in the large metropolitan centers, a rapid rejection of the carbon based economy in favor of a much more expensive renewable energy based economy, which probably can’t supply an expanding industrial base.
Likely the strongest economies are the ones which will eventually win out, and the US for one, seems to be heading toward a weaker, if not worse, economy.
It all will eventually boil down to there’s no free lunch.

The Ukraine should be, and is, Russian, as well as the rest of the European Lands that were part of the Soviet Union.
[I'm sure Putin thinks so as do legions of MRGA types.]
Russia needs WHITE PEOPLE. It has severe demographic problems.
[Why don't Russian men ban the pill & abortion? Are Russian women in thrall to Toxic Feminist Homo-Phobes like American women? (Latin-Greek=man-fear)].
When Western Europe and America fall, Russia will be the nucleus of a rump White Christian Civilization.
For this reason, I support anything that will make Russia stronger.
History is entering the resumption of a cycle towards Authoritarianism and Totalitarianism.
There will be no opposing forces for freedom to delay it, as in the 1930's and during the cold war.
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A Force Structure is the combat-capable part of a military organization.
For the past 10 years the Russians have had ample opportunity to restructure their forces.
I think they have hidden that restructuring.
We are talking about their backyard.
Eastern Ukraine is majority Russian, and Russia will economize by using them to do the brutal work of pacifying Western Ukraine.
Russian Ukrainians have certainly shown such brutal proclivities.
Money?
Not that big of a problem IMO.
There is probably a Quid Pro Quo between the Russians and the Red Chinese---For the Russian Ukraine distraction, the Red Chinese will probably buy up more of Siberia.
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It's theater plus---Theatrics in the form of a minuet with rules.
Weaving and ducking with a Phony-War rope-a-dope; then blitzkrieg and everybody gets a prize for participation.
Let's get real. Dementia Joe is not in charge of anything.
All the fnck-ups have been staged to hide the Deep-State's hand.
I'm still wondering about the planned Afghanistan debacle. What is it a precursor too?
The American People may not know who their real rulers are but I'm sure the Russians do, and they are hammering out a deal with the Deep-State CABAL.
There may be two scenarios:
1. The Russians take advantage of a Red Chinese invasion of Taiwan and invade Ukraine.
2. The Russians invade first to give our Deep-State CABAL rulers an excuse for fumbling the defense of Taiwan
2a. The situation in Ukraine will not get out-of-control. There will be a short phony-war in the Ukraine between the US & Russia with rules.
3. In Taiwan, there will be brutal army-to-army battles with a million plus civilian casualties-- if there is a strong resistance.
That's if the women president doesn't fold for "Humanitarian" reasons.
She's an Academic Bimbo. I don't hold out much hope for a solid resistance.
I see another Czechoslovakia in 1968 scenario.
If the Reds get a foothold, then all is lost.
They are not above a small nuclear demonstration on a particularly strong defense in the mountains.
3a. The US will sacrifice a carrier near Taiwan to show that they tried.
4. The Russians will occupy Kiev.
5. The Commie DEMs will find an excuse to impose martial law and gain total power.
and...
6. EVERYBODY GOES HOME HAPPY!!

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The reason everyone wants Taiwan is for the Lithium. Taiwan contains ALMOST ALL of the world's Li. For those who don't know: Li is required to make rechargeable batteries. If China gets control of Taiwan they will be making ALL of the world's Lithium-ion batteries, making the entire world dependent on them.

The chronically lying and race-hating Biden is typically allowing msm and supposed "conservatives" new sites to do the dirty work for him. As a career supremacist, Biden doesn't mind at all that Ukraine officials have forbidden minority groups such as blacks, muslims, indians to board transportation, with their stating that 'NO BLACKS ALLOWED.'