Satire
Putin Prepares For Invasion of Europe
With Massive Cuts to Military Spending
Russia announces "deepest defense budget
cuts since 1990s". Putin must be stopped
before it's too late
By Riley Waggama
March 19, 2017 "Information
Clearing House"
- Since the fall of the Berlin
Wall, the world has enjoyed an
unprecedented era of peace and
prosperity.
Long gone are the days of wasteful
military expenditures and no-bid
contracts to build airplanes
and aircraft carriers that neither
fly nor float.
The permanent wartime economy that
was never dismantled after World War II
is ancient history. There is simply no
longer any justification for spending
many gazillions of dollars each year on
Raytheon space lasers. In the United
States, jet fighter factories now
manufacture lawn mowers and Segways.
We are living in good times. Sensible
times.
But all that we've accomplished over the
last 25-odd years is now being
threatened by one man.
From Baltimore to Baghdad, people cry
out: "who will stop Vladimir Putin from
conquering the world?"
Yes, Russia's czar has imperial
ambitions — global ambitions. He wants
war. He needs war.
And from the looks of it,
that's exactly what he's preparing for:
Figures released by the
Russian Federal Treasury have
confirmed that Russia's defence
budget has been cut by 25.5% for
2017, falling from RUB3.8 trillion
(USD65.4 billion) to RUB2.8
trillion.
The reduction represents
the largest cut to military
expenditure in the country since the
early 1990s.
As we type these words, the Russians are
greasing their tank treads with the
blood of Al Nusra and other moderate,
LGBTQ-friendly knitting clubs in Syria.
The rape of Aleppo did not fulfill
Putin's bloodlust. He's coming for
Europe. And then the world.
