Wampum

Russia just withdrew from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE).

Its been coming since July 13th.

I may as well quote myself, from Evolutions in Doctrine

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So not only has the December coup moved 6,000,000 people from one side of the poverty line to the other, wasted over trillion dollars and at least 30,000 lives and limbs (mental health affects not included) in Iraq, inflicted over half-a-million deaths and 2,400,000 evictions among the Iraqis, it has also caused the People's Republic of China to increase its military budget by 15%, and now the former Soviet Union to adopt a new defense doctrine.

For those who collect stamps, evolutions in military doctrine are a big deal. Democrats will be paying for this in every Iron-Triangle owned Congressional District race for a decade, and the poor and everyone else, especially the enlisted service men and women and their dependents on food stamps and WIC and standing in food pantry lines will pay for it the last 10 days of every month, and that just if nothing happens at all.
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