...but I heard this interview with an economist discussing the basic incompetence of the administration. The administration has made huge policy choices with absolutely no idea of their costs or alleged benefits. I'll post it below. It reminded me of my encounter with at a relatively young age with Lawrence Korb. Basically, an economist who had been an assistant Defense Secretary or something like that. He was the guest speaker in a classroom setting.

I don't know exactly how much money we've spent on Ukraine so far, but this article from last week says $113 Billion. To put that into perspective, Ukraine's entire GDP in 2020 was $200 billion.

All federal agencies, including the Pentagon, are under the same requirement to undergo an independent financial audit since the early 1990s. Every other federal department has satisfied audit requirements since fiscal 2013. The Pentagon doesn't expect to pass an audit before 2027.

Usually it's the president or some senior State Department representative that throws around threats against a foreign nation. However, this week the Pentagon skipped right past the executive branch and threatened Iran directly.

The Senate approved an extra $25 Billion for the military by a 25-1 vote that neither the Pentagon, nor the Biden Administration, asked for.
The defense industry wants you to know that it's no big deal.

Imagine if you will, the Three Stooges, armed with machine guns, spraying bullets into a packed theater because they saw a bad guy in the crowd.
That's America's foreign policy in Syria.
We've accomplished nothing but getting hundreds of thousands of people killed, while undermining our own standing in the region.

When I say "criminal behavior" I don't mean "war crimes", although there are plenty of those that need to be addressed.
Instead, I'm talking about "behaving like a criminal" in a law enforcement sort of way.

It's a Shakespearean Tragedy.
It seems that we've dropped so many bombs on Muslim nations, and at such a rate, that it is impeding our ability to start new wars.

Buried deep in a recent L.A. Times news article was this gem.

Our government lies to us man.
No shit Sherlock, everybody knows that.
Wait! Everybody knows that and the government still lies to us?
Yep. That's a fact Jack.