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*''[[Responsible Statecraft]]'': [https://responsiblestatecraft.org/vance-rubio-rivalry/ Why are so many Vance allies leaving the administration?]
*''[[Responsible Statecraft]]'': [https://responsiblestatecraft.org/vance-rubio-rivalry/ Why are so many Vance allies leaving the administration?]
*[[Douglas Macgregor]]: [https://substack.com/home/post/p-214040833 Trump is not in Hell, Yet].
*[[Douglas Macgregor]]: [https://substack.com/home/post/p-214040833 Trump is not in Hell, Yet].
*[[Julian Macfarlane]]:
{{quotebox-float|Over the last decade, the US federal government has spent $3.1 trillion on [[foreign]] [[war]]s. Add overall defense spending and you get a grand total of $8.2 trillion. Over half of the [[Pentagon]]’s discretionary defense spending —54% —goes to private contractors, compared to almost zero for [[China]]. U S private contractors have a minimum profit margin of 10% —some critics say much higher, around 20%
Now, compare to China, which, of course, has spent nothing on foreign wars. China as spent just around $3 trillion on defense over decade, or about or about 35% of the US total.
Only about 10% of US defense spending goes to defense of the homeland. The rest goes to the US’s global reach and offensive capabilities.
95%~98% of China’s defense spending goes to its borders and its Pacific Perimeter to counter the threat from the US and its allies. The US Federal government spent $1.21 trillion on [[infrastructure]] over the last 10 years. China spends $2 trillion to $3 trillion annually.
The numbers here are all ballpark figures — they are approximations. But no matter how you fudge them, the result is clear— the US cannot develop while wasting money on foreign wars and attempts at global domination.}}
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