FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS ON WAR SINCE NINE ELEVEN

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In another indication of the terrible price paid by working people in the United States and all over the globe for the crimes of US imperialism, a new report from Brown University estimates that Washington has squandered nearly $5 trillion since September 11, 2001 on the wars launched under the pretext of fighting terrorism.

...In addition to these costs, the report estimates that, unless Congress changes the way that it is paying for the wars, even without their continuation, cumulative interest on war appropriations made just through FY2013 will amount to a staggering $7.9 trillion by 2053.

[source : US has spent nearly $5 trillion on wars since 9/11, WSWS, http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/09/14/wars-s14.html, 14th September 2016]