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The US is left with a choice – further escalate, not only with Russia, but the rest of the world as well, or find an off-ramp. Otherwise, its inflation will surge so much that the “doubling” of the Pentagon’s budget will happen on its own.
Written by Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst
Back in late March, top American General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that the United States of America would be doubling its military budget in case the Kiev regime was defeated by Russia. At the time, Milley claimed that “not supporting Ukraine now would lead to a massive increase in future defense budgets”. He also added that “it would lead to a global conflict that has been avoided since World War II ended”.
“If that rules-based order, which is in its 80th year, if that goes out the window, then be very careful,” Milley said while testifying before the US Congress on March 23, further adding: “We’ll be doubling our defense budgets at that point because that will introduce not an era of great power competition. That’ll begin an era of great power conflict. And that’ll be extraordinarily dangerous for the whole world.”
Firstly, it should be noted that Milley’s remark about the so-called “rules-based (world) order” supposedly lasting 80 years is completely misplaced. The geopolitical situation in the last three decades has merely been a shadow of the post-WWII global order. With the US conducting virtually incessant aggression against the entire world, any notion that there are actual rules that equally apply to everyone is beyond laughable. However, his claim that Washington DC would need to double its “defense” spending is much more serious and consequential. Ironically, he’s threatening to do that while “warning” about a looming global conflict, one which is solely caused by the US itself, as it’s the only country on the planet with an openly stated strategy of “full spectrum dominance”.
Milley testified before the House Appropriations Committee-Defense on the next year’s DoD (Department of Defense) budget, alongside Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. The figure for the Pentagon officially stands at $842 billion, $69 billion more than the $773 billion the military requested for 2023. However, the total spending on national “defense”, including work on nuclear weapons (officially under the jurisdiction of the Department of Energy), pushes that up to $886 billion. This is without including the so-called “aid” for the Kiev regime, which stood at approximately $113 billion at the beginning of 2023. However, the updated figure is now getting closer to $150 billion and there’s no indication that it will stop growing any time soon.
General Milley has repeatedly described the conflict in Ukraine as “an important national interest” and “fundamental to the United States, to Europe and to global security”. It could be argued that it’s neither of those things, as the world, the EU and the US itself all have more pressing concerns. Unfortunately, this notion is extremely unlikely to lead to any peaceful settlement, especially as the US Military Industrial Complex (MIC) keeps getting its windfall. While some members of Congress have consistently been skeptical about the “aid” for the Kiev regime, the majority still have a strong preference for the official narrative. The skeptics usually cite “the US and Kiev regime’s failure to more clearly define their strategic goals” as the primary reason for the lack of “more adamant support”.
This clearly indicates that the only “strategic goal” is to keep the war going for as long as possible, which also explains the repeated calls for the perpetual increase of the Pentagon’s budget. However, Milley’s call for doubling it is a major escalation and it’s unclear how exactly Washington DC is planning to achieve such a monumental task. Global military spending for 2022 was around $2.1 trillion, meaning that the US is already at over 40% of the world’s total with its current budget. Doubling it, even over the next several years (also taking into account other superpowers would certainly respond to it) could push that figure close to 60%. In terms of the US federal budget, it would also require further cuts to investment in healthcare, infrastructure, education, etc.
As the military currently spends approximately 15% of the entire US federal budget, obviously, doubling it would mean the percentage would go up to (or even over) 30%. Such figures are quite close to what the former Soviet Union was spending in terms of its overall budget, which was one of the major factors that contributed to its unfortunate dismantlement. On the other hand, it also forces others to drastically increase their own military spending. If China were to follow suit, its military budget would then be close to $500 billion, with Russia’s military budget approaching $200 billion. This would cause a military spending “death spiral” that would be extremely difficult (if possible at all) to control, leading the world into an unprecedented arms race.
However, this “new” Cold War could potentially be far more dangerous than the “old” one, as there would be approximately half a dozen superpowers and great powers competing for influence and a bigger geopolitical footprint. On the other hand, if the rest of the world refuses to respond in kind, such a massive increase in US military spending would only push the multipolar world into greater integration, as it would be the only way to counter US aggression without doubling their own military budgets. Either way, the US is left with a choice – further escalate, not only with Russia, but the rest of the world as well, or find an off-ramp. Otherwise, its inflation will surge so much that the “doubling” of the Pentagon’s budget will happen on its own.
Every day another train is derailed somewhere in Murica, infrastructure from 1880s… But I guess they can print more toilet dollars and flood the world with their crap until the world say: enough! Then Murica will collapse in 2 seconds.
that’s exactly why US must start war with China as soon as possible .
I got you. I’m already on it!
These psionist enslaved neocon warmongers never learn. They have lost every major war and been kicked out every single time since WW2, the most humiliating being their defeat at the hands of a few thousand barefoot TalibanGoatHerders after wasting Trillions of dollars and thousands of worthless American cannon fodder. Soon greengoes will be an endangered species to be replaced by illegal immigrants coming in through US open borders. Viva Bashar Hafez al-Assad.
Lol. It surely will double as the worth of the dollar is about to be halved….or worse. Other than that it is a wet dream. the US is rapidly getting to the point where just the interest payments on their debt are going to be 50% or more of their entire revenue. From that point on it will grow exponentially until the inevitable default and then collapse. It will force them to devaluate the dollar en focus on just their own island-continent for a long time to come as there will be no money for anything else.
You can bet, if USA says Defense Budget, we would use the USA DIALECT: “The best defense is the attack”. We all see what USA did after USSR Collapse, we entered in Liberal Radicalism Democratic Age under the sea of PAX Americana, this happened because the Mighty Military Hegemon HEAD of States World Order wanted to sell us false flags while they expand their dominion… they are so smart, the Masters of the Universe and the Expectionals…. instead of being a critic of USA only I would say if USA wanted to 1create a better world then they would export us their Bill of Rights and their first Consitution and show us how we can create wealth and hapiness and enlightment, but NO, this never will happen because they are the MIGHTY MILITARY HEGEMON…DARPA Project Stargate: Create using genetic manipulation and eughenics people who will be raised in societies to become future Leaders.Use RF control system to modify human behavior and propaganda to insert subliminal thoughts and predispose audiences… from MICE TO MEN.
USA sú na odpis!!! Nemajú na RF ani zďaleka. RF má zbrane a zbraňové systémy o ktorých sa USA môže iba ak tak snívať. Ruské rakety lietajú M 6-10, ďalšie Mach 10-17 a tie naj dosahujú Mach 27!!! Tu niet o čom!!! RF rozdrví USA ak by došlo ku vzájomnému stretu týchto dvoch mocností.
This happens to every empire near the end. They double, triple down on military. They neglect everything at home and spend spend spend on war war war. Despite all the historical examples of this, the US planners still commit to making the same mistakes.
This is wonderful! Lets hope they spend 10 trillion per year on war. The more they spend on war the faster they will collapse. If they spent 10 trillion it would be over in less then 1 year. At 2 trillion I give the Zio empire 3 years tops.
The mad hatters in D.C. want to control the entire planet and the rest of the world is aligning against that
we happy to pay 65% income tax submissively work like dog until 69 and lick all amerikan penis
amerikan waste money for imperialism while internally disintegrating—thier trillions lost to taliban…these hillbillies are experts at losing
What is the plan behind doubling the defense budget? Find another Ukraine and try again?
USSA is broke. Do the retards imagine that China will go on funding the Pentacon “protection” racket? China, as well as the rest of the non angloZionaZi empire of filth, is dumping its billions of remaining USSAN petroscrip even as the USual USeful idiots “buy” this garbage. The IOU Saudimercan toilet paper dollah is no more so good bye to the welfare warfare abomination and its vassals and their endless wars for the Zero 1% psychopaths that have destroyed the so-called West. FlUSh that filth, flUSh!
https://www.statista.com/statistics/246420/major-foreign-holders-of-us-treasury-debt/
Will China continue paying for this insanity? Naah…the angloZionaZi empire is going down the crapper like a flaming, paper tiger.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/246420/major-foreign-holders-of-us-treasury-debt/
Impossible.
I agree with Miller. If US Defence MIC budget is not doubled or tripled, we can look forward to big wars with nuclear bombs all over the place. Your choice!
Do you want nuclear bombs to arrive in your neighbourhood, or do you want to contribute to peace with all the money you have???
It looks a lot like a conflict is being prepared globally. Wars have to be prepared a year in advance, or the countries have to prepare for war. It’s like it was in WW1 and WWII. A small group of people are preparing and directing this war. Krupp sold to all warring factions and the US financed and equipped Hitler. It’s always the same stupid game. Now the regimes are looking for stupid excuses to explain the rearmament of their hostage armies.
Targeting the military INDUSTRIAL is required so that the shareholders go BUST! This means going into NATO territory with invincible weapons. Area 51 will require the largest bombs.
Let them spend and Americans will enjoy more rotting administration and civil war coming soon
Then they will have twice as much over priced unreliable crap that does not work properly in real combat situations.