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Links to articles re the war machine and the war on Iran
‘The Cost of Trump's Iran War: $5 Billion and Counting
The Pentagon will likely ask for $50B more in emergency funding
by Ben Armbruster - citing Ben Freeman - Quincy Institute - 03-04-2026
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/iran-war-costs/
The Costs of the War With Iran Will Mount For Decades
by William Hartung - Forbes - 03-04-2026
https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhartung/2026/03/04/the-costs-of-the-war-with-iran-will-mount-for-decades/
Weapons Makers Cash in on Trump's Iran war
Big Pentagon contractors like Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman saw billions added to their market value.
by Ben Freeman & Janet Abou-Elias - Quincy Institute - 03-03-2026
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/iran-war-weapons-stocks/
War is Not The Way to Stop the Spread of Nuclear Weapons
by William Hartung - Forbes - 03-02-2026
https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhartung/2026/03/02/war-is-not-the-way-to-stop-the-spread-of-nuclear-weapons/
US & Israel Waging War on Iran They Think They Know. Reality Is Very Different
Is the Islamic Republic a messianic theocracy or a brittle dictatorship? It’s neither – as those attacking it are finding out.
by Ali Vaez - Guardian - 03-05-2026
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/05/us-israel-war-iran-islamic-republic-theocracy-dictatorship
US Military Launches Operation in Ecuador to Combat Drug Trafficking
US Southern Command said joint mission with Ecuador involves ‘decisive action’ against illicit drug trafficking
Reuters - 03-03-2026
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/04/us-military-action-operation-ecuador?CMP=GTUS_email
Broad Daylight
How common is the corruption of public officials in the U.S.? Ben Freeman on what America’s “authoritarian friends” from the Persian Gulf are doing in Washington D.C.
by Ben Freeman & Gustav Jönsson - The Signal - 08-16-2025 [NOTE: a year ago]
https://www.thesgnl.com/2025/03/corruption-public-officials-us/
A ‘Known Unknown’
Where’s all the money coming into American think tanks from? Ben Freeman on the enormous foreign-government “donations” flowing through Washington D.C.
by Ben Freeman & Gustav Jönsson - The Signal - 08-11-2025
https://www.thesgnl.com/2025/08/us-think-tanks-foreign-government-funding/
Despite a $1 Trillion Pentagon Budget, Our Veterans Are Being Neglected
by William D. Hartung & Ben Freeman - msn.com - 11-06-2025
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/commentary-despite-a-1-trillion-pentagon-budget-our-veterans-are-being-neglected/ar-AA1PQqvz
Note the dates on the next two:
Nothing Good Will Come of Trump’s Quest to Make Regime Change Great Again
The one thing that should be clear by now is that pursuing such global regime-change campaigns would sow chaos and instability, while harming untold numbers of innocent civilians, all in pursuit of a futile quest for renewed US global supremacy.
by William Hartung - CommonDreams.org - 01-25-2026
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-regime-change
President Trump Is a Warmonger
Whether Trump supporters are willing or in any fashion able to hold Trump to his antiwar rhetoric and blunt his penchant for using military force remains to be seen.
by William Hartung - CommonDreams.org - 12-22-2025
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/donald-trump-warmonger
The next two paint the big picture:
Profits of War: Top Beneficiaries of Pentagon Spending 2020 – 2024
William D. Hartung and Stephen Semler - Quincy Institute - 07-08-2025
https://quincyinst.org/research/profits-of-war-top-beneficiaries-of-pentagon-spending-2020-2024/#
Keys to Developing a More Efficient Effective Defense at Lower Cost
by William D. Hartung, Julia Gledhill, & Gabe Murphy - 01-28-2025
co-published by the Stimson Center and Taxpayers for Common Sense
https://quincyinst.org/research/keys-to-developing-a-more-efficient-effective-defense-at-lower-cost/#
The next two are movement building:
Seeds of Resistance
Reviving the Peace Movement in the Age of Trump
by William D.Hartung - TomDispatch – 11-17-2024
https://tomdispatch.com/seeds-of-resistance/
Toward a Better World
Building a Movement for Social Justice in a Time of Peril
by Liz Theoharis & William D.Hartung - TomDispatch - 01-23-2025
https://tomdispatch.com/toward-a-better-world/
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