While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” Republican (fascist/socialist) President George W. Bush signs the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2008, providing an additional 471,000,000,000 “dollars” for the Iraqi- and Afghan-American Wars.  This comes shortly after the Joint Economic Committee of CONgress reported that the current price tag for both wars—nearly 1,500,000,000,000 “dollars”—is twice what Bush promised.

       [added 5/25/2024]