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TexasTowelie

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Sun Jul 6, 2025, 01:52 AM Jul 6

The Real Russian Threat Is Completely Misunderstood - William Spaniel



There is a fundamental disconnect between perceptions of Russia's current threat to Europe, and what Moscow is actually capable of doing. That gap is leading to some rather bizarre choices about military spending. Today, we look into why Russia's conventional threat to Europe is years into the future, but the unconventional threats today are real. We also try to figure out what the heck Spain is thinking with its defense expenditures.

0:00 NATO Spending and the Russian Threat
0:32 The Conventional Threat
2:43 The Unconventional Threat
4:26 Spain's Strange Spending Strategy
6:53 NATO's Reaction to a Hypothetical Attack
11:33 Will Spain Meet the Target Anyway?
13:37 The 2025 Lines on Pants Championship
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