Dan Rather tweet:

[tblue37]

How much money did we spend in Afghanistan over the last 20 years that we were told we could never afford to spend at home?

Link to tweet

[onetexan]

1. Oh Dan, please keep speaking truth to power

[soldierant]

26. "One who speaks truth to power" is the actual basic

definition of the word "prophet." That whole idea about predicting is not really a part of the job. Sometimes it's necessary, but not always. Not even a majority of the time. And even when it is used, it's more often than not simple common sense about natural consequences, and not any kind of "second sight."

[area51]

2. THIS.

So tired of hearing that there's no money for healthcare in the US.

[MustLoveBeagles]

3. Kick

[SheltieLover]

4. Absofuckingloutely!

[Doremus]

5. Combine the war $$$ with the income tax giveaways to the top 1% and

you could freaking BUY a couple of countries.

But we meekly write the next strongly worded tweet and run back to our fortified offices. Fucking BS.

[Hekate]

6. Every cent of it

[LiberalLovinLug]

7. Tangable things like a high speed rail across the country.

[burrowowl]

8. Spot on!

[Ligyron]

9. People are starting to wake up to that fact.

The GQP is getting a bit scared and trying to deflect like hell.

[crickets]

13. 👆 This. nt

[calimary]

25. Do you really think so? Sincerely, with all due respect

I can’t help but wonder if that’s true - that more people are starting to wake up. And frankly, I hope you’re right about this and I’m the one who’s wrong.

You have more faith in human nature than I do. I wish I did. My problem is - I grew up in a house full of denial. And I saw first-hand how powerful it was. It’s quite possibly the most powerful drug on Earth.

[littlemissmartypants]

10. Zing!! He really distilled that down for us, didn't he? ❤

[Tommymac]

11. Austerity Whaaaaat?

Those Afghans folded like a soft wool blanket.

They took the money and ran.

[Red Mountain]

12. Money we can't spend

before we figure out how we are going to pay for it, at that.

[LiberatedUSA]

14. We could have took a chunk out of our homelessness.

And we could have poured money into infrastructure; maybe avoiding what is currently a scramble to check to see if buildings are up to code.

[lindysalsagal]

15. "The Iraq occupation will pay for itself." I heard it over and over...Rumsfeld...

20 years later.....

[wnylib]

16. The Taliban outlived Rummy.

[Justice matters.]

17. Numbers here (link):

The cost of America’s two decades in Afghanistan
Published: Aug. 15, 2021 at 7:55 p.m. ET
By Associated Press

U.S. will be paying off Afghanistan mission for decades to come

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-cost-of-americas-two-decades-in-afghanistan-01629071727

[Evolve Dammit]

18. We really need health care. #1 cause of bankruptcy. It really sucks.

[monkeyman1]

19. how much ammo do the democrats have against the republican party in '22

" THINK ABOUT IT & DON'T LET THEM BACK IN " ! TIME FOR DEMOCRATS TO PLANT A SIZE 12 BOOT IN REPUBLICAN'S ASS ! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

[sarcasmo]

20. Trillions would be my guess.

[meadowlander]

21. $2 trillion dollars buys a shitload of schools, hospitals and infrastructure repairs

[KS Toronado]

22. We should have spent more to prop up the Military Industrial Complex.

How else could we get trickle-down to work properly?

[The Jungle 1]

23. Peons get to work.

Stop questioning the grand wisdom of the republican military industrial complex.

[tiptonic]

24. Because

Because we had to protect the oil, for the Big Oil.

[czarjak]

27. Make sure that it all goes to the top so the bottom will do without.

[madville]

28. A large portion of that money is spent at home

Planes, tanks, armored vehicles, communications equipment, fuel, MREs, munitions, ammunition, body armor, uniforms, etc, etc. Most of that stuff is produced domestically and creates jobs here. Also the salaries for reservist/active duty troops that support their families here at home, future VA benefits, etc.

I get what he's saying though instead of war, we could have spent it on something else like infrastructure or student loan forgiveness or health care, pick anything.

[dlk]

29. Priorities...

This is why voting matters.