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Eye-Opening Facts About Our Bloated Post-9/11 'Defense' Spending

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This week, the National Priorities Project released a snapshot of U.S. "defense" spending since September 11, 2001. The eye-popping figures lend credence to the theory that al Qaeda's attacks were a form of economic warfare - that they hoped for a massive overreaction that would entangle us in costly foreign wars that would ultimately drain away our national wealth.
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