Imagine if all of that went towards Natural Disaster Relief, Public Infrastructure, and Social Services instead.
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Look, do you want a genocide or not? It's gonna cost some money.
No genocide, please. Can that be an option?
Maybe, if you're good and vote for genocide now, we'll consider not having genocide later (not really).
Anthony Blinken is a war Criminal who should be tried at The Hague and hung for his war crimes.
America has already made the credible threat to invade if an American Official / Soldier are ever tried at The Hague. I wish he would be though.
True, but we've lost every war we've fought for the last 70 years, so I like the Dutch's odds
Oh, we haven't been in any wars in the last 70 years. There were some "police actions" and we've deployed "peacekeeping" forces...
Right?
Seriously though, we need to do away with the "Authorization for Use of Military Force". If Congress doesn't have the consensus to declare war, then we shouldn't be fighting.
I give 70% odds Biden illegally strikes Iran sans congressional authorization by the end of the year, at which point the DNC will have truly become the party of the Cheneys.
How Much Does Israel’s War Cost the U.S.? Don’t Ask the State Department.
The answer as far as Blinken is concerned is "not enough. Ever."
Sophisticated analysis?