Jonathan Edwards - The Washington Newsday
President Joe Biden, visibly agitated, lambasted the estimated $2 trillion cost of the US war in Afghanistan during his first speech since the end of the two-decade military campaign there on Tuesday. Now, two recent reports show that the cost to the US and the rest of the globe is ...
Tom O'Connor - Newsweek
The U.S. has spent $21 trillion on foreign and domestic militarization" since the fateful 2001 attacks that spawned the Afghanistan intervention, marking a new era of U.S.-led conflict across the globe.
AJ Vicens - Mother Jones
The war on terror has fueled 20 years of massive military and other spending.
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.
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
"Our $21 trillion investment in militarism has cost far more than dollars."
Amy Goodman - Democracy Now
Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, says Biden’s speech was honest about the costs of war and the need to get out, but she says it’s “clearly not true” that the U.S. is winding down the war on terror.
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.
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.
