Rachel Layne - CBS News
The wars' financial costs will continue to accrue for years even now that the last U.S. soldier has left Afghanistan.
Amy Goodman - Democracy Now
Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, says Biden’s speech was honest about the costs of war and the need to get out, but she says it’s “clearly not true” that the U.S. is winding down the war on terror.
Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
"Our $21 trillion investment in militarism has cost far more than dollars."
Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
"They want billions more for war even as we withdraw from Afghanistan. We have to stop this amendment."
Eric Galatas - Public News Service
Less than a decade remains to avoid potentially catastrophic impacts of a warming planet, according to the latest report from the world's top scientists.
Eric Galatas - Nebraska News Service
The Pentagon has known for years that climate change poses one of the greatest threats to national security, yet over the past two decades Americans have seen $6.4 trillion of their tax dollars funneled into foreign wars.
Sam Pizzigati - OtherWords
Military spending, Lindsay Koshgarian of the IPS National Priorities Project points out, currently "takes up more than half of the discretionary federal budget each year," and over half that spending goes to military contractors -- who use that largesse to lobby for more war spending.
Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
"We've spent billions on war. Now, let's spend to bring Afghans to safety."
Lorah Steichen - In These Times
Bipartisan saber rattling and spiraling Pentagon budgets threaten to undermine global climate action just when we need it most.
Andrew Mills - The Intelligencer
Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld died last month on June 29. It’s too bad the memories and horrifying results of the wars he started can’t die with him. Unfortunately, we are still living with the catastrophic consequences of his actions and those of his fellow neoconservative ideologues surrounding President ...
