The total is then 5.917 million, with U.S. troops making up 0.1% of the deaths (and some 95% of the media coverage).
Those Envying the Dead:
The injured and traumatized and homeless have all significantly outnumbered the dead.
The Financial Costs:
The direct cost of militarism, the lost opportunities, the destruction, the future healthcare costs, the transfer of wealth to the wealthy, and the ongoing cost of the military budget are too large for the human brain to fathom.
Between 2001 and 2020, according to SIPRI, U.S. military spending was as follows (with President Biden and the Congress intent on an increase in 2021):
2001: $479,077,000,000
2002: $537,912,000,000
2003: $612,233,000,000
2004: $667,285,000,000
2005: $698,019,000,000
2006: $708,077,000,000
2007: $726,972,000,000
2008: $779,854,000,000
2009: $841,220,000,000
2010: $865,268,000,000
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