Cost of War

The Ominous Omnibus: Pentagon Wins, Workers Lose

March 19, 2022 UNAC Editor Cost of War, Democracy and Consent, U.S. Budget

Editorial, published on Workers World, March 15, 2022 A $1.5 trillion “omnibus” spending bill, which President Joe Biden is expected to sign, passed the House and Senate March 10. Over half the money in the Consolidated Appropriations Act — $782 billion, a $42 billion increase over fiscal 2021 — is going for Pentagon spending. Of course NATO, the Pentagon’s proxy[…]

What the War of Terror Has Cost Us So Far

August 31, 2021 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Cost of War, Drone Warfare, War on the Poor

by David Swanson, published on Let’s Try Democracy, August 30, 2021 The war on Afghanistan and the war on Iraq that it was a means of helping start, and all the other spin-off wars leave (if you count only bombing from above as leaving) millions dead, millions injured, millions traumatized, millions homeless, the rule of law eroded, the natural environment[…]