the world’s militaries are responsible for more than double that, at 5.5 percent.
If combined, the world’s armed forces would have the fourth highest carbon footprint, behind India, the U.S., and China.
Yet it’s been maddeningly difficult for researchers to monitor the emissions of militaries, which aren’t required to report these things.
Warfare is an incredibly polluting endeavor. Working for peace is a vital part of fixing our planet.
Reducing the US military budget would likely also have the added ‘feature’ of resulting in Europe being under the thumb of Russia, and Africa, Asia, and South America being under the thumb of China. A large military budget–even if the military isn’t used–has the effect of acting as a deterrent. We’ve already seen that Russia has no qualms about using their military when they think they can get away with it, and China is continually threatening Taiwan (among others).
So, you’re telling me yurop will have to deal with their own shit, as they have for for centuries, while other places finally break free of 'murican imperialism? Doesn’t sound bad
I have no love for China or the CCP, but they are offering a better economic deal than the USA and, afaik, aren’t financing coups and extremist opposition in Africa or South America.
For me, there are to many “ifs” and assumptions in this hypothesis.
Nah. He is correct. Though west taiwan currently has internal governmental instability and troubles, they would commit fully to take over taiwan. And play their already big influence in africa and south america even harder
You think this russia that cant even beat ukraine, that after 3 years is basicly bankrupt, resulted to childsoldiers, donkeys for supply and imports their other soldiers from china and NK, could fight off angry polish, usual power house blob france, eager turks, balcans who gladly would teach serbia a lesson for still refusing their war crimes, the mad lads, ladies and lados of finland and all populist lead countrys whos leaders would use this to boost their platform?
They couldnt even fight off their own mercinary revolt nore do their people care if someone marches threw their lands. As seen with kursk most of them were even glad and grateful for ukrainian troops bringing food and water because russia abandond them.
Maybe japan would even take the opportunity to regain their lost islands from the russians lol
For the china thing…yeah im full on your side. Eventhough trump is a chinese-russian puppet.
This Russia can’t defeat Ukraine because of all of the assistance that Ukraine has been receiving from the US in particular, but other NATO and EU countries in general. If we truly ceased all military aid, and the EU countries didn’t pick up the slack, yeah, Russia would eventually roll over Ukraine. TBH, as far as the US is concerned, we’ve managed to bleed an enormous adversary almost dry, all without any American soldiers every being shot at (well, except for the people that had the guts and convictions to go to Ukraine and volunteer; I wish I didn’t have responsibilities…).
Without aid, the war would have been over in a year; Ukraine has the will, but they didn’t have the tanks, the anti-air defense systems, and so on. And on the other side of that, if the US had given them everything that they wanted up front, instead of slow-rolling ‘offensive’ weapons systems, Ukraine could have wrecked Russia in a year.
