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What the War of Terror Has Cost Us So Far

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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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