Booting Earth Optimization System
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Agency Report Card
Provide military forces needed to deter war and protect security
Provide military forces needed to deter war and protect security
2010 Leaked video shows Apache helicopter killing Reuters journalists and children in Baghdad ↗
2013 NSA mass surveillance revealed — warrantless wiretapping of US citizens funded by DoD budget ↗
2021 Afghanistan withdrawal — 20 years, $2.3T, 176K murdered. Taliban retakes country in 11 days. ↗
Not graded: no official source publishes yearly deaths caused by US military action. Military spending tripled, from $320B (2000) to $1,005B (2024), while the post-9/11 wars killed more than 940,000 people directly — all sides, 2001–2023 (Brown University Costs of War). The department meant to deter war started several.
| Year | US military expenditure (SIPRI; current USD, calendar year) |
|---|---|
| 2000 | $320B |
| 2002 | $379B |
| 2004 | $493B |
| 2006 | $558B |
| 2008 | $657B |
| 2010 | $738B |
| 2012 | $725B |
| 2014 | $648B |
| 2016 | $640B |
| 2018 | $683B |
| 2020 | $778B |
| 2022 | $861B |
| 2024 | $1T |
“We don't have one”
Annual global military spending (SIPRI 2024)
Dollars on weapons per dollar on curing disease
Economic multiplier per dollar. Healthcare returns 3.5×.
Post-WWII deaths from US military operations alone
How has military spending evolved and what has it produced in terms of lives lost?
How has military spending evolved and what has it produced in terms of lives lost?
Defense spending consumed 1-2% of GDP from 1900-1916, spiked to 22% in WWI, 41% in WWII, 14.6% at the Korean War peak, and has been declining from ~10% (Cold War) to ~3.5% today. US wars have killed ~623,000+ US military personnel and millions of foreign combatants and civilians. The post-9/11 wars cost over $8 trillion and killed an estimated 900,000+ people (Brown University Costs of War Project).
Defense spending consumed 1-2% of GDP from 1900-1916, spiked to 22% in WWI, 41% in WWII, 14.6% at the Korean War peak, and has been declining from ~10% (Cold War) to ~3.5% today. US wars have killed ~623,000+ US military personnel and millions of foreign combatants and civilians. The post-9/11 wars cost over $8 trillion and killed an estimated 900,000+ people (Brown University Costs of War Project).
“A trillion dollars a year on the ability to destroy things. Zero dollars returned. More than nine hundred thousand people killed outright. On my planet, this would be considered a bug, not a feature.”
Defense of the United States
13+ offensive wars since the rename. Korea, Vietnam, Grenada, Panama, Gulf War, Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen. Zero were defensive.
13+ offensive wars, 0 defensive
Democracies overthrown for corporate interests. Every entry is declassified or publicly acknowledged.
| Flag | Country | Year | Deaths ↓ | Displaced | Dictatorship (yrs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇩 | Democratic Republic of Congo ↗ | 1961 | 6.0M | 2.0M | 32 |
| 🇦🇫 | Afghanistan ↗ | 1979 | 2.0M | — | — |
| 🇮🇩 | Indonesia ↗ | 1965 | 500K | — | 32 |
| 🇬🇹 | Guatemala ↗ | 1954 | 200K | 500K | 36 |
| 🇱🇾 | Libya ↗ | 2011 | 30K | 800K | — |
| 🇮🇷 | Iran ↗ | 1953 | 10K | — | 26 |
| 🇮🇶 | Iraq ↗ | 1963 | 5K | — | — |
| 🇨🇱 | Chile ↗ | 1973 | 3K | 200K | 17 |
| 🇭🇳 | Honduras ↗ | 2009 | 500 | 300K | — |
| 🇧🇷 | Brazil ↗ | 1964 | 434 | — | 21 |
Democracies Overthrown
6
Total Deaths
8.7M
Total Displaced
3.8M
Years of Dictatorship
164
Exposed: 1971
“We are winning the war in Vietnam”
1967–1975 (8 years)
Government's own analysis concluded since 1967 that the war was unwinnable. Continued sending soldiers for 8 more years anyway. 7,000-page classified study proved systematic deception of Congress and the public.
~30,000 additional US soldiers killed after government knew the war was lost. 1M+ Vietnamese civilians murdered in the same period.
Exposed: 2004
“We do not torture”
2001–2009 (8 years)
CIA operated black sites in 54 countries. Techniques included waterboarding, rectal feeding, sleep deprivation for 180 hours, confinement in coffin-sized boxes. Abu Ghraib photos showed systemic abuse. Senate Torture Report (6,700 pages) documented widespread torture.
119 known CIA detainees. At least 100+ detainees died in US custody across all facilities. Many never charged with any crime.
$150M/yr
$3.0B total (1998–2024)
Maintain military spending, block base closures, fund weapons programs
$886B military budget (2024). F-35 program: $1.7T total cost, 10 years behind schedule. Weapons distributed across 45+ states to make them politically unkillable.
645 former senior Pentagon officials became executives, consultants, or board members at defense contractors (2008-2018). The average 4-star general earns $500K-$2M/yr from defense contractors.
POGO Pentagon Revolving Door Report ↗On a well-run planet, this agency would have been deprecated centuries ago. Here is what replaces it.
Department of Peace — Department of Defense (née Department of War)