The US taxpayers have spent $8.043 trillion on a “forever war” in the Middle East
(5minforecast.com)https://5minforecast.com/2021/09/10/a-totalitarian-bureaucracy-within-our-shores/As noted here last week, the Costs of War Project at Brown University has updated its running total of the forever wars’ price tag: $8.043 trillion, including veterans’ health care and interest on the wars’ share of the national debt.
Per figures from the Center for Responsive Politics, the Big Five military contractors — Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and General Dynamics — spent over $1.1 billion on lobbying between 2001–21.
