jueves, 27 de julio de 2017

The hidden costs of “national security”, by William D. Hartung (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, July 2017)

The hidden costs of “national security”, by William D. Hartung (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, July 2017)

 ‘You wouldn’t know it, based on the endless cries for more money coming
from the military, politicians, and the president, but these are the
best of times for the Pentagon. Spending
on the Department of Defense alone is already well in excess of half a
trillion dollars a year and counting. There are hundreds of billions of
dollars in “defense” spending that aren’t even counted in the Pentagon
budget.’