The Madness Of The Warfare State Writ Large

"Undeterred by its empty state coffers and looming bankruptcy, Kiev is all set to almost quadruple the amount of money it spends on new weapons. In 2015 the defense ministry plans to spend 14 billion hryvnias (around $600 million), which amounts to almost a third of the country’s defense budget, the ministry’s press secretary Victoria Kushnir announced on Tuesday."