I&#x27;ve seen numbers floating at 70 billion&#x2F;year for that. So that would be 18.5 years.<p>I&#x27;ve seen estimations of about 1.7 trillion for the wars since 9&#x2F;11. That&#x27;d be another 24 years.<p>Peter Dale Scott wrote a book about something he calls &quot;The Deep State&quot; which at least, to me helps explain how seemingly regardless of who gets elected, such unpopular expensive programs continue without elected officials people having any discussion of legislation to stop it.