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U.S. Spent $5.6 Trillion on Wars Since 9/11, More Than Three Times What Pentagon Estimates
submitted 5 years ago by noah from bigthink.com
[–]noah[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun - 5 years ago* (1 child)
Other sources (since it's hard to find exact details):
CNBC: "The US has spent $1.5 trillion on war since Sept 11 attacks"
Above was also posted to /r/WorldNews on Reddit HERE. (Currently sitting at 7k upvotes (95% upvoted)) (Now at 52.5k upvotes after 24 hours)
National Priorities Project: "The United States has spent more than $7.6 trillion on defense and homeland security since the attacks of September 11, 2001."
RT: "US spent $5.6 trillion on wars since 9/11""
PolitiFact: "Did U.S. spend $6 trillion in Middle East wars?"
BigThink: "U.S. Spent $5.6 Trillion on Wars Since 9/11, More Than Three Times What Pentagon Estimates"
[–]Vigte 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 5 years ago (0 children)
Yeah, when I saw 1.5 Trillion on plebbit I just laughed...
[–]magnora7 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 5 years ago (0 children)
Imagine if all that money had gone to domestic development programs.
We'd have the best infrastructure and schools in the world.
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