Remember the question Edwin Starr asked back in the 60’s?
Just a short reminder…..
American taxpayers have spent $6.4 trillion on post-9/11 wars and military action in the Middle East and Asia, according to a new study.
That total is $2 trillion more than the entire federal government spending during the recently completed 2019 fiscal year. The U.S. government spent $4.4 trillion during the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, according to the Treasury Department.
The report, from the Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs at Brown University, also finds that more than 801,000 people have died as a direct result of fighting. Of those, more than 335,000 have been civilians. Another 21 million people have been displaced due to violence.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/20/us-spent-6point4-trillion-on-middle-east-wars-since-2001-study.html
$6.4 trillion….what could have been accomplished if this had been spent improving the country’s infrastructure…or the education….or health care….or….well you get my drift.
It has cost the American taxpayer $7500+ for these wars……why do Americans allow this to continue….do they care so little for the lives of our troops?
I have about had enough….I will, NEVER vote for a candidate that defends the wars and the reasons for them….that means I will NOT vote for any candidate on the stage for the last debate other than Tulsi…..the MSM is doing all they can to make her voice a silent one….they are pulling NO punches belittling and demeaning some one with principles and I have NO use for MoveOn or MSNBC and their wealth of warmongering toadies as pundits.
Just listen to them…they want a true centrist to be the candidate….that means that their owners, the corporations, will be safe and profitable.
So what is war good for? PROFITS….period!
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It does seem that war IS your economy. That’s a sad fact indeed.
Best wishes, Pete.
Billions made on death and suffering…it is sad….chuq
Trump ran on ending endless wars, bringing the troops home and America first. Lots of people voted for that. MIC has a lot of power and money to fight him on that.
We have few candidates that will end the wars….chuq
MIC might as well save his money. I predict he will withdraw within another very short period of time.
Unless “MIC” is that millennial outfit with all the money … and then — well, it is their money to waste anyway they see fit, isn’t it? War is in the dna of Mankind … There will always be war …
War is not in the DNA…war comes from greed and envy…..chuq
Mankind has always been at war — it is dna
Have a good Thanksgiving…..chuq
You have a great Thanksgiving too, Chuq—
War is great for converting “Boys” into “Men.” In America’s permissive society where most people who would otherwise grow into mature, manly men remain in the “Wuss and Wimp” stage (All show and no blow), War is a great educator, experience-maker and character builder. Some of our biggest wars have produced some of our greatest generations.
Wars teach little…people learn little….chuq
It is a libidinal thing