End Pentagon Welfare

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Does knowing those figures, even if they’re slightly or wildly off, throw any doubt on the idea that US spending $740 billion on weapons and troops is a security measure? Some 95% of suicide terrorist attacks are directed against foreign military occupations, while 0% are motivated by anger over the provision of food or clean water. Are there perhaps things a country can do to protect itself that don’t involve weapons?

Moving money from militarism to other investments can be economically beneficial, and certainly all necessary steps to assist people in the transition would cost a small fraction of the money involved.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/06/30/hey-congress-move-the-money/