PrintApril 11, 2013
The Russian Military and the New Cold War
In 2013, the U.S. military budget fell by 15% while the military budget of the Putin dictatorship in Russia is expected to soar nearly 60% from 2012 to 2015. But according to Putin's English-language propaganda mouthpiece "Russia Beyond the Headlines," it's "dishonest" to be worried about this fact, as the prestigious Institute for Strategic Studies in London has been doing recently.
Dishonest? Takes one to know one. The dishonesty of RBTH is really breathtaking on this issue, nothing but shameless propaganda designed to lull the West into complacency as Putin ratchets up the intensity of the new cold war.
In its "analysis" of Russian spending, by staff writer Vitaly Litovkin, RBTH points out that in raw dollars Russia is still spending a fraction of what the U.S., China, U.K., or France are laying out on weapons each year, standing fifth on the list of annual military expenditures. But it forgets to mention that Russia isn't fifth of the list of world economies, it is tenth. Japan,...(Read Full Article)
