![]() Since 9/11, American taxpayers have spent $6.4 trillion on wars and military action in the Middle East and Asia, according to the Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs at Brown University. Despite President Donald Trump’s promises to remove US troops from the Middle East, the number of troops in the region has increased. There are 200,000 US troops stationed at hundreds of bases in countries and territories outside of the US. And while Iran hit back and tensions appeared to ease, a US-Iran shadow war goes on.Ĭounting the Cost takes a look at the trillions spent on wars and the billions spent on maintaining US military bases. The assassination of Iran’s second-most powerful figure, Qassem Soleimani by a US drone strike has led to the deployment of more troops to Iraq.
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