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Emeritus Prof Christopher May

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Emeritus Prof Christopher May
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Just because it seems relevant; here's a graphic from Visual Capitalist of world-wide defence budgets... you might be interested or you might not....

I'll leave you to draw your own conclusions about what this might all mean.

#defence

#defence

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Police State UK 2 Tage her •

Huh. So UK+France has a bigger defence budget than Russia? That's ... interesting. I didn't realise we were even in the same order of magnitude as Russia.

They're being quite lairy for someone in that position, aren't they.

EricJ 2 Tage her •

#Poland's Donald Tusk reminded us of that today:

> "Listen to how it sounds: 500 million Europeans ask 300 million Americans to protect them from 140 million Russians. If you can count, then count on yourself!" Tusk emphasized.

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3966029-tusk-europe-must-guarantee-peace-through-its-strength-not-ukraines-capitulation.html

Tusk: Europe must guarantee peace through its strength, not Ukraine's capitulation

Poland will back Ukraine and, at the same time, strengthen relations with the United States. Europe must believe in its strength and ensure peace not through Ukraine's capitulation, but through its defense capabilities together with Ukrainian par…

^Ukrinform

#poland

Hugs4friends ♾🇺🇦 🇵🇸😷 hat dies geteilt

Omega_Scribet 2 Tage her •

I expected Israel to have a bigger budget.

Hugs4friends ♾🇺🇦 🇵🇸😷 2 Tage her •

It doesn't need one. It is regularly boosted by USA...which would be a part of US Defence (or Offence) Budget. @ChrisMayLA6

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