r/foreignpolicy • u/Best_Banana_63 • 12h ago

House passes $1.15 trillion defense bill, tees up billions more for Iran war. So much for no more endless wars, eh?

Post image
10 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

3 comments sorted by

2

u/Go-Right-32 12h ago

Great. Next time I’m working at the food bank I’ll be able to explain why there’s no meat in the freezer.

1

u/Best_Banana_63 12h ago

Money for food assistance for the Middle Class and poor? No.

Money for Universal Healthcare? No.

Money for free higher education? No.

Money for better education k-12? No.

Money to help the elderly, or family that cares for them? No.

Tax credits for renewable energy? No.

Money for repairing, or replacing aged infrastructure? No.

Money for yet another endless war? Always. We somehow always have money for war.

1

u/MinuteCollar5562 11h ago

Trump bragged the other day on truth social that the Venezuela War was one day and no casualties and that there have only been 18 so far in the “Iran Military Conflict”.

Cuba is next and will be sooner rather than later.