There are plenty of stars within our own galaxy, which is only 100k or so light-years across.

What you say can be true of some civilisations, or many, but surely not for all. It takes exactly one expansive species to colonise the whole galaxy within a tiny fraction of the age of the universe.

Like the page from Hitler’s play book where Putin invaded and destroyed Iraq and Libya? Or the one where he killed 20 - 30 million people since WWII? Or the one where he supported the very same ISIS and AQ terrorists against he allegedly led a “war on terror” against? Or the one where he destabilised 70 or so nations?…

This whole discussion started with the idiotic claim that Russia could not “afford” military equipment, while the U.S. could. The Russian budget runs a deficit of 2.7% (11.5 bn. US$), the U.S. a whopping 21.6% (492 bn. US$) - both 2014 figures. It’s pretty much evident which country can “afford”, and which is living…

Hilarious. You need to learn the difference between liquidity and wealth. Russia’s reserves minus Russia’s debt = roughly +100 billion US$. US reserves minus US debt = roughly - 18 trillion US$.

Because the U.S. can totally afford the neat toys they are rolling out, correct?

You must be a pretty lousy professional Russia analyst, if you didn’t notice that the share of oil/gas exports of the Russian GDP shrank dramatically over the last 15 years.

They could pay off 2/3 of their debt with the money the U.S. owes them.

Ok, I’ll bite, for a last time: I’ve told you repeatedly that the protests in Syria never where ‘peaceful’, except in the propagandized Western regime-change narrative. Quite to the contrary, Syrian police suffered much heavier losses due to the “peaceful protests” than the “opposition”, in the early days of the…

Are you actually a bit challenged in the cognitive area, or are you playing dumb? I never claimed “US is to blame for Saddam invading Kuwait”, but that doesn’t legitimate the sanctions against Iraq, that led to death of a million people, half a million children.

No sources then for your ignorant claims? Unsurprising. The U.S. is, among many other things, responsible for 500.000 dead Iraqi children who died of malnutrition and lack of medical supplies, due to the sanctions the U.S. imposed on the country after the Kuwait war. Madeleine Albright nonchalantly confirmed on TV “We…

Sure, some civilizations could simply stop to expand, in terms of energy consumption, but why would all? Your argument comes up, in variations, for all kinds of related questions, like We can not assume that an ET civilization would necessarily expand beyound its home planet, We can not assume that an ET civilization…

Cite your sources, you clown. Of the three, Saddam Hussein was the by far worst, and he did the bulk of his killing under U.S. guidance and protection, some 50 - 200k Iraqis, all in all.

Lol.

Funny. The U.S. has (had) slaughtered more people in Iraq, Syria, Libya and dozens of other nations than those ‘dictators’ could ever aspire to, so your argument is kind of self-defeating.

Pretty sure that much of the world interprets the bald eagle as a symbol of aggression and imperialism, not “freedom and defiance”.

which is exactly what Russia does

Living standards in China have improved dramatically over the last decades, what are you babbling about? And “billions of Chinese ... pressed into work”? Off your meds?

Funny notion, given that the Pentagon can not account for, literally, trillions, on a regular basis. Not including the black funds from the Afghan drug industry, of course.

Sometimes it’s wiser to just concede and cut the losses, instead of doubling down and making yourself look dumber and dumber-er.