Spending $1.4 trillion to address a narrowly defined concept of national security should be considered budgetary malpractice on an immeasurably grand scale.
This March, when the Biden administration presented a staggering $813 billion proposal for “national defense,” it was hard to imagine a budget that could go significantly higher or be more generous to the denizens of the military-industrial complex.
Originally posted at TomDispatch. Yes, Afghanistan went down the drain and Washington’s global war on terror ended (more or less) in disaster 20 - William D. Hartung for Antiwar.com Original
In his annual examination of the U.S. "national security" budget, William D. Hartung finds budgetary malpractice on a grand scale.
By William D. Hartung
TomDispatch.com
This March, when the Biden administration presented a staggering $813 billion proposal for “national defense,” it was
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