AJ Vicens - Mother Jones
The war on terror has fueled 20 years of massive military and other spending.
Vivienne Walt - Fortune
Left behind is the Afghanistan war’s mammoth expense, the bulk of it financed with borrowed money and whose financial impact could be felt for decades.
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.
Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
"Our $21 trillion investment in militarism has cost far more than dollars."
Jaisal Noor - The Real News Network
The $21 trillion the US spent on foreign wars and domestic militarization since 9/11 could cover the cost of eliminating student debt, the Green New Deal, vaccines for the Global South, and much more, says Lindsay Koshgarian of the National Priorities Project.
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."
