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Originally Posted by Dondilion
What a simplistic article. Russia threat to the US was never in terms of its conventional weapons.
A major facet of conventional weaponry is its huge market to national and foreign buyers. Recently Russia has been making inroads and nations has been threaten not to buy Russian weaponry.
US weapons industry view Ukraine as a chance to show case its weapons. Does it really care about Ukrainians? Milley indirectly questioned this. He said the Russians have lost 100,000 and the Ukrainians about the same.
Significant reasons for growing alarm re Ukraine is escalation leading to nuclear Armageddon, lack of oversight on the funds, a repeat of history where a war becomes its own growth engine (Afghan 20 years!), and a gnawing feeling that the Secretary of Defense is wearing two hats.
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But the threat to allies was very much in terms of conventional weapons. I'm not inclined to view with 'alarm' the rapacity of the weapons sellers at this minute, let alone gnawing feelings. The Armageddon threat is alarming, I grant you, and I'd love it if a new detente someday let it be reduced. But the real threat in Europe was always Russian conventional forces operating with impunity under Russia's nuclear umbrella. The gutting of the conventional forces is a huge strategic victory, well worth a note from a think-tank.