ThunderKiss1965
Diamond Member
That's trillion with a T kids and just since 9/11.*
The United States has spent nearly $6 trillion on wars that directly contributed to the deaths of around 500,000 people since the 9/11 attacks of 2001.
Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs published its annual "Costs of War" report Wednesday, taking into consideration the Pentagon's spending and its Overseas Contingency Operations account, as well as "war-related spending by the Department of State, past and obligated spending for war veterans’ care, interest on the debt incurred to pay for the wars, and the prevention of and response to terrorism by the Department of Homeland Security."
The final count revealed, "The United States has appropriated and is obligated to spend an estimated $5.9 trillion (in current dollars) on the war on terror through Fiscal Year 2019, including direct war and war-related spending and obligations for future spending on post 9/11 war veterans."
"In sum, high costs in war and war-related spending pose a national security concern because they are unsustainable," the report concluded. "The public would be better served by increased transparency and by the development of a comprehensive strategy to end the wars and deal with other urgent national security priorities."
U.S. has spent $6 trillion on wars that killed 500,000 people since 9/11, a report says
I believe those are conservative numbers.
Incorrectly reported on purpose.
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Remember the old TV commercial slogan: That's Italian? Well, my internet friend, That's Empire. Right or wrong, part of the cost of holding together a planet full of shit civilizations made of toilet paper and duct tape, for America, is becoming El Capo De Tutti Capi of historical human empires. Like, what are ya gonna do? Shiite happens.
An Empire would suggest that the US is taking over these countries for financial gain. Land, resources and colonization. The US spends billions of dollars rebuilding every country our military fights in and we never send Americans to live in these countries permanently. Almost every European country has been a real empire the by that definition the US has never been one.