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System Update with Glenn Greenwald
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The Benefits of the Invasion of Iraq
America's annual military spending is now at around 900 billion dollars, roughly 40% of the world's total. The U.S. has 15 trillion dollars in debt due to foreign wars and budget deficits caused by the 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. Sax: What are the American people going to get if it's President Zelensky, as opposed to some ethnic speaking Russian leader who ends up ruling the Donbas or Crimea? And what does that make in the lives of American citizens?
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