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The US Military Is a Mind-Bogglingly Expensive Purveyor of Global Death and Destruction
Pro-war hawks love to claim that the US military is “the greatest fighting force” in human history. It’s certainly exceptional in two ways: its obscene budget, and its ability to keep its record of death and destruction nearly invisible to the US public.