The Eisenhower Project: documentation of claims
The Eisenhower Project has an animation listing some claims about U.S. militarism. This article documents those claims.
| “$6.4 trillion wasted since 2001” | Brown University’s Costs of War project |
| “Over 810,000 people killed in U.S. wars since 2001” | Brown University’s Costs of War project |
| “800 military bases in 70+ countries” | Politico: Where in the World Is the U.S. Military? |
| “$1.5 trillion F-35 doesn’t work” | The epic failure of the trillion dollar F-35 fighter jet program |
| “Half of discretionary spending spent on military” | National Priorities Project: Military Spending in the UnitedStates |
| “Largest polluter” | EcoWatch: U.S. Military Is Worlds Biggest Polluter |
| “Obsessive secrecy to hide wrongdoing”, | Project on Government Oversight: The Pentagons War on Transparency |
| “After disasters in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq, the Pentagon is planning for war with China” | Worried about anti-Asian violence? The U.S. is preparing for war with China. |
| “Migrants from U.S.-backed wars destabilize continents” | US-led wars have displaced 37m people. America should accept responsibility |
| “Wars for oil and other resources” | CNN: Why the war in Iraq was fought for Big Oil |
| “$1 trillion spent each year” | How much does the U.S. spend on the military? |
| “Overthrows democratically elected governments” | U.S. Wars and Hostile Actions: A List |
| “Supports oppressive governments” | U.S. Wars and Hostile Actions: A List |
| “Military contractors donated $46 million in 2020,” | Open Secrets Defense Contributions |
| “$104 million in lobbying” | Open SecretsDefense Lobbying |
| “Pentagon always fails audit” | Pentagon fails audit yet again, could pass around 2027, comptroller says |
| “Creates enemies” | The Failure of Military Might |
| “Congress continues funding unneeded weapons”, | Public Integrity: Congress funds problematic weapons the Pentagon does not want |
| “Millions killed in disastrous wars”, | U.S. Wars and Hostile Actions: A List |
| “$35 trillion in accounting changes in one year”, | Pentagon Racks Up $35 Trillion in Accounting Changes in One Year |
| “Revolving door with military contractors” | Bloomberg Law: Revolving Door Between Trump Pentagon, Contractors Spins Faster |
| “37 million people displaced from homes” | New York Times: At Least 37 Million People Have Been Displaced by Americas War on Terror |
| “Whistleblowers sent to jail” | All the President’s Whistleblowers |
| “Since WWII, the U.S. has overthrown at least 36 governments,” | U.S. Wars and Hostile Actions: A List |
| “interfered in at least 85 foreign elections” | U.S. Wars and Hostile Actions: A List |
| “dropped bombs in over 30 countries. | U.S. Wars and Hostile Actions: A List |