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Endless Wars in Middle East More About Money Than Threats

2015-07-01T19:21:30.010Z

Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr. calls for an end to permanent wars in the Middle East during a speech on the house floor on June 24, 2015.

from the rush transcript:

Mr. Speaker, fiscal conservatives should be the ones most horrified by and most opposed to the horrendous waste and trillions of dollars we have spent on these very unnecessary wars in the Middle East.

Last week, 19 Republicans voted for a resolution saying that we should bring our troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan. The Republican leadership of the Foreign Affairs Committee did not want any Republicans to speak in favor of that resolution, so Mr. Jones, Mr. Sanford, and Mr. Massie requested, and received, time from the Democratic sponsor, Mr. McGovern.

I did not want to do that, but I at least wanted to point out today that there has been nothing conservative about our policy of permanent, forever, endless war in the Middle East.

In his most famous speech, President Eisenhower warned us against the military industrial complex. We should not be going to war in wars that are more about money and power and prestige than they are about any serious threat to the United States. I think President Eisenhower would be shocked at how far we have gone down that path that he warned us against.

Pentagon Spending 101: National Priorities Project explains the sinkhole that consumes your tax dollars

2015-05-28T18:19:45.965Z

National Priorities Project Research Director Lindsay Koshgarian provides a useful primer on the Congressional budget process and the over-sized place of Pentagon spending with in the U.S. budget. Here, your 2015 tax dollars are at issue.

Obama Admin Helps Undermine U.N. Arms Treaty While Touting Record-High Weapons Sales Abroad

2012-08-03T22:41:30.031Z

DemocracyNow.org - Arms control advocates are blaming the Obama administration (and Russia) for "torpedo-ing" last week's failed U.N. negotiations over the first-ever global treat to control the arms trade

Meet the Richest 0.01 Percent: War Profiteers

2011-10-29T02:15:20.785Z

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