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::::::Every year the CIA made assessments of the Soviet economy (cause the communists never published official figures). They said year after year for decades that the USSR GDP was roughly half of US GDP, and spent twice as much on defense, which was called "parity" in arms negotiations.  Today, as it turns out. the Russian Federation total annual budget equals about what the U.S. federal government spends in 3 days (figure Russian defense spending is probably less than 25% of its total government budget.  That would equal about what our federal government spends on everything in 18 hours.)  Let's look at propaganda: NBC News alone (not counting CNN, CBS, Reuters, AP, etc) spends more on global operations than the Russian Foreign Ministry for its entire operations worldwide.

::::::Every year the CIA made assessments of the Soviet economy (cause the communists never published official figures). They said year after year for decades that the USSR GDP was roughly half of US GDP, and spent twice as much on defense, which was called "parity" in arms negotiations.  Today, as it turns out. the Russian Federation total annual budget equals about what the U.S. federal government spends in 3 days (figure Russian defense spending is probably less than 25% of its total government budget.  That would equal about what our federal government spends on everything in 18 hours.)  Let's look at propaganda: NBC News alone (not counting CNN, CBS, Reuters, AP, etc) spends more on global operations than the Russian Foreign Ministry for its entire operations worldwide.

::::::It just gets tiresome hearing discredited stories from discredited sources with obvious, known motivations day after day for decades. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]^{[[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]]} 22:53, October 25, 2021 (EDT)

::::::It just gets tiresome hearing discredited stories from discredited sources with obvious, known motivations day after day for decades. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]^{[[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]]} 22:53, October 25, 2021 (EDT)

:::::::If I were the CIA, I wouldn't need global warming to justify my continued existence. I'd just try to take out the Cubans, Norks, and Red Chinese instead. As long as Communism exists, there's plenty of reason to continue, even without the USSR. Simply ending the USSR wasn't enough (besides, it's also debatable whether the USSR did indeed collapse since [https://www.theblaze.com/news/2014/03/19/what-if-an-ex-kgb-officer-predicted-that-the-ussr-would-fake-its-own-collapse-to-ultimately-defeat-the-west-and-no-one-listened at least one KGB defector implied they simply entered sleep mode] rather than actually collapsing.). [[User:Pokeria1|Pokeria1]] ([[User talk:Pokeria1|talk]]) 05:32, October 26, 2021 (EDT)

:::::::If I were the CIA, I wouldn't need global warming to justify my continued existence. I'd just try to take out the Cubans, Norks, and Red Chinese instead. As long as Communism exists, there's plenty of reason to continue, even without the USSR. Simply ending the USSR wasn't enough (besides, it's also debatable whether the USSR did indeed collapse since [https://www.theblaze.com/news/2014/03/19/what-if-an-ex-kgb-officer-predicted-that-the-ussr-would-fake-its-own-collapse-to-ultimately-defeat-the-west-and-no-one-listened at least one KGB defector implied they simply entered sleep mode] rather than actually collapsing. And I know the late DIE defector Ion Mihai Pacepa indicated similar stories as well.). Now, maybe under Yeltsin, it could have been possible to let the Russians join NATO after they've demolished literally ALL of the Soviet stuff, yes, including Karl Marx's statue. But after Putin came to power, that's no longer possible. Not after several right-wing authors, many of whom aren't friends of the deep state anyhow, gave pretty convincing claims that he's as anti-Communist as Fidel Castro (meaning not anti-Communist at all). [[User:Pokeria1|Pokeria1]] ([[User talk:Pokeria1|talk]]) 05:32, October 26, 2021 (EDT)