Under Trump, Neocons Push for Massive Military Spending and Global Domination
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By Mike Ludwig
(Image: Lauren Walker / Truthout; Adapted: The US Army / Damien Gadal)
Congress is working to spend more on bolstering military capabilities than it has in years, but that's not enough for neoconservative war hawks who see escalating global military might as central to protecting national interests, despite years of seemingly endless war.
The American Enterprise Institute (AEI), an influential neoconservative think tank with close ties to the architects of the invasion of Iraq and other Bush administration wartime policies, released a report last week calling for a sweeping expansion of the nation's global military footprint and budget increases at the Pentagon that would exceed congressional caps by $672 billion over the next five years.
Daniel Gouré, a co...