Paul Begala: ‘Russia Has a Crap Military’

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BEGALA: "America is the greatest, richest, freest, mightiest country in the history of the world, and Russia has a crap military, a crummy economy and a corrupt leader. Okay? Our defense budget is $850 billion. Putin's is $126 billion, and he‘s lost tens of thousands of troops in Ukraine fighting against the forces of freedom. His entire economy is $2 trillion, okay? Ours is 23.5 trillion. If he were a state, if Russia were a state, which I don‘t advocate, it would be half the economic power of California. It would be less than Texas. It would be less than Florida. So why on earth is our great country, the strongest, freest country in the world, kowtowing to this gas station with nuclear weapons, as John McCain once called Russia? I can‘t stand it. The greatest lesson in life: weakness invites aggression. That‘s true for superpowers. By the way, I‘ve been married 35 years. It‘s true in marriage. It‘s true in raising kids, training dogs, coaching basketball. Weakness invites aggression. Why are we so weak?"