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https://www.rt.com/op-ed/435787-saudi-ca...new-order/

Ciekawy tekst Zizka o pewnych zmianach na świecie, które wizualizują się teraz w konflikcie Kanada - Arabia Saudyjska.

The underlying message of “America first!” is nonetheless a sad one: The American century is over, America resigned itself to be just one among the (powerful) countries. And the supreme irony is that the Leftists who for a long time criticized the US pretension to be the global policeman may begin to long for the old times when, with all hypocrisy included, the US imposed democratic standards around the world.

Ale USA kontrolują ponad 90% morskich szlaków handlowych i mają porozsiewanych tyle baz wojskowych po całym świecie, że jeszcze dużo czasu upłynie zanim rzeczywiście "zrezygnują" z bycia supermocarstwem i staną w szeregu z innymi, po prostu silnymi, krajami. Na razie tak nie jest i chyba się na to nie zapowiada, bo widać coraz większe nakłady na zbrojenia:

But within the 2,200-page bill,Trump was happy with at least one provision: the amount of funding for the military. At $700 billion, it’s $23 billion more than the president had requested and a whopping $61 billion more than was spent in 2017.

“Today, we receive the largest military budget in history, reversing many years of decline and unpredictable funding,” Defense Secretary James “Mad Dog” Mattis said on Friday. “Now, it's our responsibility in the military to spend every dollar wisely.”

The extra money will be spent on a range of line items, including a 2.4 percent pay hike for troops, 14 new ships for the Navy, 90 F-35 fighter jets for the Air Force, and dozens of new helicopters for the army.
The increase marks the largest year-to-year increase in base funding for the Department of Defense in 15 years and highlights just how far ahead the U.S. military spending is compared to the rest of the world.

 

https://news.vice.com/en_ca/article/paxg...ary-budget

Washington (CNN)Citing increasing threats from China and Russia, the Pentagon is asking for a major boost in military spending for 2019, requesting Congress approve a budget of $686 billion -- one of the largest in US history.

At the same time the Trump administration's budget proposal included major cuts for international diplomacy
and overseas aid.

Touting the proposal on Monday, President Donald Trump said the US military would be the strongest it has ever been, including "increasing arsenals of virtually every weapon."

The Defense Department's budget is $686 billion, an increase of $80 billion from 2017, which the Pentagon says is primarily aimed at countering Russia and China.

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/02/12/polit...index.html