Paul Krugman:
"The truth, however, is that war really, really doesn’t pay. The Iraq
venture clearly ended up weakening the U.S. position in the world,
while costing more than $800 billion. America is a true superpower,
so we can handle such losses. But a financially fragile petroeconomy
like Russia doesn’t have the same ability to roll with its mistakes."
> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/22/opinion/paul-krugman-putin-neocons-and-the-great-illusion.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=c-column-top-span-region®ion=c-column-top-span-region&WT.nav=c-column-top-span-region
"The truth, however, is that war really, really doesn’t pay. The Iraq
venture clearly ended up weakening the U.S. position in the world,
while costing more than $800 billion. America is a true superpower,
so we can handle such losses. But a financially fragile petroeconomy
like Russia doesn’t have the same ability to roll with its mistakes."
> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/22/opinion/paul-krugman-putin-neocons-and-the-great-illusion.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=c-column-top-span-region®ion=c-column-top-span-region&WT.nav=c-column-top-span-region