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Looks as if Russia is failing to fall into our trap of depleting their budget, impoverishing their people, by placing all resources into “military weapons and war.”
<div class="">The Soviet Union did fall into our trap in 1979, Russia today with Putin is so much smarter.
<div class="">It looks as if we have fallen into our own trap.
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<div class="">On Mar 20, 2017, at 16:11, David Green via Peace-discuss <<a href="mailto:peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net" class="">peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490050932007_4855" dir="ltr" class="">So it looks like the entire Russian military budget is less than the proposed 10% increase in the U.S. budget.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">On Monday, March 20, 2017 3:53 PM, Carl G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss <<a href="mailto:peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net" class="">peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</a>> wrote:<br class="">
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<div class=""><a class="yiv7617769585" href="http://www.janes.com/article/68766/russia-announces-deepest-defence-budget-cuts-since-1990s#pq=mp3rbv" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.janes.com/article/68766/russia-announces-deepest-defence-budget-cuts-since-1990s#pq=mp3rbv</a></div>
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