Costs of “Permanent War”

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Month in Review September 2010: The Alchemy of Empire

The Costs of “Permanent War”

Since Sept. 11, the U.S. has attacked Afghanistan and established at least 13 new military bases in the oil and natural gas-rich countries surrounding it.

The bombing of Afghanistan has killed some 3,600 civilians, wrought horrible destruction and deepened mass starvation and displacement.

Today there are seven million Afghan internal and external refugees. The U.S. has put back in power the murderous Northern Alliance whom the Afghans threw out some years ago.

The administration has publicly threatened to attack 60 more countries, especially Iraq. In violation of international law, it has claimed the right to preemptively strike any country it thinks “harbors terrorists” or might produce weapons of mass destruction. The first use of nuclear weapons, even against countries that have no such weapons, is now official U.S. policy.

To carry out this dangerous military project, Washington proposes a 2003 military budget of $396 billion, an astounding 37 percent increase since Bush took office, and more than half of the total U.S. discretionary budget. See By the Numbers for more on the Bush war budget.

Month in Review

August 2010:
Shape-shifter:
U.S. Militarism

July 2010:
Making Monsters
of Nations

June 2010:
Passing the Torch

May 2010:
Militarism Run Amok

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