Booting Earth Optimization System
Thank you for your patience. Your civilization is very important to us.
Thank you for your patience. Your civilization is very important to us.
Agency Report Card
Lead America's foreign policy through diplomacy and sanctions
Lead America's foreign policy through diplomacy and sanctions
2003 Libya sanctions lifted after Gaddafi denuclearizes — NATO bombs him 8 years later anyway ↗
2012 Iran nuclear sanctions — medicine shortages kill unknown thousands of Iranian civilians ↗
2022 Russia sanctions (Ukraine) — most sanctioned country in history. Ruble recovers within months. ↗
Not graded: Treasury publishes only two points for the sanctions list. OFAC's list grew from 912 designations in 2000 to 9,421 in 2021 (+933%) with no evidence of regime change. Sanctions punish populations, not leaders.
| Year | State Department + International Assistance Programs discretionary budget authority (OMB Historical Table 5.4, FY, nominal USD) | OFAC sanctions designations (net, cumulative; Treasury 2021 Sanctions Review) |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | $21.4B | 912 |
| 2004 | $28.2B | – |
| 2008 | $40.5B | – |
| 2010 | $54.2B | – |
| 2012 | $53.1B | – |
| 2014 | $49.2B | – |
| 2016 | $52.6B | – |
| 2018 | $53.3B | – |
| 2020 | $56.5B | – |
| 2021 | – | 9,421 |
| 2022 | $84.1B | – |
| 2024 | $84.8B | – |
“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
“Your sanctions list grew tenfold in twenty years, and the regimes it targets are still there. When asked about the children who died under the Iraq sanctions, your Secretary of State said 'the price is worth it.' On my planet, that statement would be evidence in a tribunal.”
Democracies overthrown for corporate interests.
| 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: 1986
“We do not negotiate with terrorists. We do not fund illegal wars.”
1985–1987 (2 years)
Secretly sold weapons to Iran (under arms embargo) and used the profits to fund Contra rebels in Nicaragua (explicitly prohibited by Congress). When caught, key evidence was shredded.
~30,000 Nicaraguan civilians killed by US-funded Contras. Iran received 2,500+ TOW missiles. 14 officials indicted, most pardoned.
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)