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Originally Posted by BlackArcher101
Honestly makes you think if what we based this belief on was just propaganda in disguise from the USA, to boost their massive defense spending. Fear is a great motivator.
Really makes you think, if Ukraine is doing this well, then NATO as a whole (even possibly without the USA) should be able to take Russia and most countries on (maybe except China). Do countries really need to up their defense spending to meet NATO obligations, or can the USA step it down a notch? Even ff they did, we'd still be an undeniable force. Now China on the other hand.... they are the new Russia, and they are actually building a force, but how effective it is remains to be seen.
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Oddly enough this exact thought occurred to me today as well.
When I think of the astronomical amount of money spent on military defence spending with the primary motivator being the fear of the Russians or Russian influence...
Its pretty staggering and...we were afraid of that?? Really?
And I came to the same conclusion, does Canada really need to up its Defence budget to our NATO quota?
I mean, we have something of a land dispute with Russia regarding Arctic Sovereignty but I doubt they're going to be in much of a position to push that issue any time in the near future.
At the moment it seems more likely we only need to concern ourselves about illegal immigration/refugees trying to flee Russia to Canada via the Arctic.