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US has given at least $21.7 billion in military aid to Israel since war in Gaza began, report says (apnews.com)

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States under the Biden and Trump administrations has provided at least $21.7 billion in military assistance to Israel since the start of the Gaza war two years ago, according to a new academic study published Tuesday, the second anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks in Israel that provoked the conflict.

Another study, also published by the Costs of War project at Brown University’s Watson School of International and Public Affairs, says the U.S. has spent roughly $10 billion more on security aid and operations in the broader Middle East in the past two years.

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[–] TuffNutzes@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Cool, how much is that per killed child? Or per dead mother?

Should the distribution be weighted based on killed or maimed?

What's the weighting for being burned head to toe, blinded or legs torn off or arms crushed from a building collapse?

Or just straight up executed by the IDF for daring to get in line for food for your family?

I bet these numbers are in some spreadsheet somewhere. Got to account for all that good money spent right?

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

$300000 per victim.

Recently I had a showerthought about the American MIC. Capitalism optimizes for profit and profit alone. If we apply this logic to the MIC, it follows that the MIC makes money, not weapons. And we know they make a shit ton of money. So that made me think - the US probably doesn't have as much military equipment as their budget suggests, when compared to countries whose MICs aren't as good at profit optimizing. Like say India probably doesn't have 11x less military equipment than the US given their budget is 11x smaller. I wonder if there's any truth to this shower thought at present. The way it's going, I expect the American military to be hollowed out over time.