Biden Is Right to End the War in Afghanistan
Now our obligation is to those Afghans living with the consequences of our four decades of intervention.
Now our obligation is to those Afghans living with the consequences of our four decades of intervention.
The increase would have come on top of the more than $750 billion the budget resolution already reserved for the Pentagon.
Congress rarely links poverty to militarism, but that’s about to change.
With the Afghanistan War finally ending, we shouldn’t squander our “peace dividend” on costly weapons or military bloat.
One of the most confounding decisions in the president’s budget request was the decision to increase the Pentagon and war budgets.
The U.S. accounts for 39 percent of global military spending. That’s more than the next eleven countries combined.
An increase in the military budget won’t make us safer or more prosperous.
Biden’s recent Pentagon budget proposal would increase Pentagon and war spending from $740 billion in FY2021 to $753 billion in FY2022.
Biden’s American Jobs Plan calls for $2.3 trillion in federal spending over eight years. That’s a lot, but much less than we spend on our military.
“This increase will only feed contractor greed and increase the likelihood of more military conflicts in more places.”
We must shift government resources away from what causes harm, and reinvest it in what can really keep our communities safe.
When the world needed collaboration across borders to control the pandemic, U.S. militarism led to the opposite. We must change course.
Climate change poses an existential threat. That doesn’t mean we should further empower an already bloated Pentagon.
Biden has reversed some high profile Trump policies. One he hasn’t signaled much change on, though, is the vast overreach of the Pentagon.
Make no mistake: The Trump administration’s heartlessness and militarism are costing lives.