Huge Ineffective US Military

"The military budget is starting to bankrupt the country. It's got so much in it that's well beyond any rational military purpose. It equals just less than half of total global military spending. And yet here we are, stymied by two of the smallest, poorest countries on Earth. Iraq before we invaded had a GDP the size of the state of Louisiana and Afghanistan was certainly one of the poorest places on the planet. And yet these two places have stopped us."
- Chalmers Johnson

Johnson is the author of Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire and "The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic."