Do provide citations to substantiate the claim that Russia is spending more on air defence than the west is on drones. Meanwhile, if you want to see actual economic war of attrition then go look at what Russian missiles are doing to infrastructure in Ukraine where there are no air defences. For example, around 70% of imports and exports went through Odessa which is now blockaded. And Ukrainian warehouses are being systematically eliminated. https://dengi.ua/en/business/9761324-russian-strikes-on-warehouses-how-the-war-is-reshaping-ukraine-s-logistics

AP buries the lede as usual:

It’s an expensive and time-consuming way to wage war since only 5% to 9% of what Ukraine fires gets past Russian air defenses, according to Watling.

The US has been carefully cultivating a political culture in Europe that’s rooted in Russophobia all throughout the Cold War. So, this isn’t a surprise, and since Europeans know they can’t fight Russia on their own, they have to swallow whatever humiliation the US imposes on them as a result.

Who would fight this war exactly given that all of Europe is entirely dependent on American weapons. What’s gonna happen is that the US will annex Greenland and the Europeans will swallow another humiliation from daddy.

I love how there’s always a relevant RAND paper, it’s like the xkcd for US foreign policy 🤣

Nobody is talking about two wrongs making a right here except you. Pretending this is accidental is the height of dishonesty however, given that this is a well documented pattern now. The only thing I’m suspicious off here are people like you carrying water for a literal fascist regime.

Weird how you ignore the fact that the AFU uses civilians as meatshields, which itself is a war crime https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-reveals-details-about-warehouse-explosion-that-rocked-kyiv-suburb-promises-dismissals-at-ukraines-largest-weapons-manufacturer/

Civilians die in wars, this isn’t what the discussion is about. The discussion here is about the fact that Ukraine is deliberately targeting civilians having transitioned firmly into territory of doing terrorism. Of course, being an artless troll that you are, you would ignore that fact.

This is precisely what the fascists in Europe want to see happening:

During a press conference held by Vladimir Zelensky and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade, Martens posed a provocative question about what European nations could do to “help kill more Russians.” In response, an online petition was launched calling for the journalist’s removal from his post.

https://tass.com/politics/2171035

oh yeah for sure

China is absolutely living in the future by every measure you can think of. Robots are common place, there’s high speed rail everywhere, energy production is rapidly shifting to renewables and nuclear. Most vehicles are now electric. These are all the things we were promised that we’d see in the world of tomorrow, and that’s where China is at.

It’s worse than that because you can’t actually fully drain the reserves. I recall that you can’t go much past around 200 mil barrels, but don’t quote me on that. :)

Hard to say, but AI bubble popping could be the catalyst. The war on Iran has structurally driven up energy prices globally, and the US bond market is now struggling. The fed will likely be forced to raise the rates next year, and much of the hyperscaler build out hinges on having low rates. On top of that, we’re seeing more and more evidence that AI adoption is not going well, which will also drive demand for new datacenters down. And given how much of the economy is tied into this stuff, there could be a massive crash if this starts to sputter. At that point, Cuba is going to be the last of their worries. The Americans basically stuck their dick in a blender with the war on Iran.

Indeed, hopefully Cuba can transition towards renewables and survive the siege.

It’s such a great example how the whole free press narrative is a brilliant piece of propaganda. It turns out that simply marginalizing ideas is far more effective than banning them.

lmfao imagine being over the age of 12 and using authoritarian unironically, some real intellectual titans on this site 🤣

and here’s something for you to mald over

• https://sccei.fsi.stanford.edu/china-briefs/reverse-brain-drain-exploring-trends-among-chinese-scientists-us
• https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/is-the-us-witnessing-the-start-of-a-brain-drain-of-chemists-to-china/4023959.article
• https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/science/nobel-winning-us-chemist-will-move-to-china-to-lead-ai-institute.htmlunlocked_article_code=1.wlA.-_eU.hvAo1uhEkhDR&smid=nytcore-ios-share
• https://e.vnexpress.net/news/tech/personalities/7-prominent-scientists-and-experts-who-left-us-uk-for-china-in-2026-5096244.html
• https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3359883/10-scientists-and-experts-who-have-left-us-and-uk-china-so-far-2026

I’m also looking forward to more American top scientists moving to China as their funding gets cut and they can’t find new students.

American financial strength forms the basis for these interventions though, and that’s rapidly evaporating as well. Just look at the whole fiasco with yen carry trade unwinding.

fun fact, you can literally use meme templates any way you like

Most modern web breaks without Js though.