America's 'war on terror' has cost the US nearly $6 trillion!

[The Purge]

Complete Title: America's 'war on terror' has cost the US nearly $6 trillion and killed roughly half a million people, and there's no end in sight

• The US will have spent nearly $6 trillion on the war on terror by the end of fiscal year 2019, according to a startling new report.
  
  
  
• "If the US continues on its current path, war spending will continue to grow," the Costs of War report states.
  
  
  
• Between 480,000 and 507,000 people have been killed in the United States' post-9/11 wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan - including nearly 7,000 US troops - according to the Costs of War project.
  
  
  
• America is conducting counterterror operations in 76 countries and US troops are fighting and dying everywhere from Afghanistan to Niger.

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[EvilCat Breath]

We haven't killed that many middle easterners. There are still some causing trouble.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

As long as terrorism goes on the war will go on. It's perpetual

 

[beagle9]

How a bunch of camel jockeys forced this country into a perpetual war situation just boggles the mind.

If we would just secure our borders, and become a defensive nation once again, instead of an offensive nation, then we might see some light at the end of the war tunnels finally.

We have got to quit being pulled into the bullcrap. But first we must figure out how many defense contractors are entrenched in Washington, and how much money is being made to keep these wars going, even though we know that we have done all that we can do in showing the enemy that we are not to be toyed with. That's right we fight back, and it shouldn't be for years and years, but instead very quick, and very destructive when we do.

 

[harmonica]

there will always be some terrorists with some goal/complaint/etc
our best defense starts with intelligence gathering/information

 

[Natural Citizen]

How a bunch of camel jockeys forced this country into a perpetual war situation just boggles the mind.

If we would just secure our borders, and become a defensive nation once again, instead of an offensive nation, then we might see some light at the end of the war tunnels finally.

We have got to quit being pulled into the bullcrap. But first we must figure out how many defense contractors are entrenched in Washington, and how much money is being made to keep these wars going, even though we know that we have done all that we can do in showing the enemy that we are not to be toyed with. That's right we fight back, and it shouldn't be for years and years, but instead very quick, and very destructive when we do.

The so-called war on terrorism is a ruse to scare people into surrendering their Individua lliberties under the false pretense of security. The realit is that the only terrorists who hate us for our freedoms reside in Washington DC.