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That last one was a mind-bender. That based on how much of Russia's conventional military forces used in the Ukraine invasion turned out to be substandard or non-existent, where money allotted to build weapons was stolen a nd pocketed by Russian leaders and officers, so the weapons were eiher sold for quick cash for under-paid officers, or never even built. And that Russia spends a total of about $60 billion a year on its entire military, including its nuclear weapons arsenal, so it is likely that many of its clatmed arsenal of nuclear weapons are non-existent or non-functional props as well. To the point that Russia may threaten a nuclear strike, but would never actually do it, because an all-out nuclear exchange from Russia where only 20 or 40% of their weapons work, but a U.S. counter-strike with nukes that are 100% real and lethal, would annihilate Russia.
As I said, it has similarly been questioned whether Pakistan's nuclear weapons would work at all.
And now the question has been raised about a least a huge portion of Russia's nuclear arsenal.
And I've seen the same thing argued about China, both its conventional and nuclear forces.
The Ukraine invasion put on display how unprepared for war Russia is, and what gains Russia is making in Ukraine are being done by throwing tens of thousands of young Russian men into a slaughter, just to gain a few hundred meters of ground.
And I think it is making China think twice about attempting a Taiwan invasion, because it could similarly be a humiliation for China, showing how unprepared for war they are as well.
So not putting China's military to the test allows them to preserve an appearance of formidability, that would turn to humiliation and proven weakness in an actual war.
The same is true of North Korea, that is estimated might do some initial damage, but would be completely destroyed in a matter of weeks after beginning a war, since North Korea lacks the resources to fight a sustained war.
And we've all seen in the last few weeks how weak Iran's military is, after the bombing and destruction of their nuclear facilities, and the destruction of their Hamas, Hezbollah, Fatah, and Houthi proxies that used to encircle Israel.
And with Trump's sanctions, it is unlikely that these countries will be able to re-build their arsenals and create a threat again any time in the near future.
Unless a Democrat is elected president again at some point, and does what Biden did, rolling out a welcome mat for aggression and war by these countries.
Biden's ceasing to enforce Trump's oil sanctions gave $100 billion to Russia, and $100 billion to Iran, and thus fully funded Iran's proxy war on Israel, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Two rogue nations that were completely neutralized as threats until Jan 2021, until Biden was inauguraed in Jan 2021 and completely destroyed that peace Trump had built in his first term.
And incredibly, Trump has reversed and calmed all that chaos, in just the first 6 months of his second term.
Until Trump's second inauguration, we were literally drifting toward a third world war. What a difference one president makes.
