Joe Biden
4 conflicts · $350B total war cost (2024$) · 16 US deaths
$350B
War Cost (2024$)
16
US Deaths
4
Conflicts
$3210B
Military Budget (Total $B)
🎯 Major Military Decisions
- ▸Afghanistan withdrawal (chaotic, 13 Marines killed at Abbey Gate)
- ▸Ukraine military aid ($66.9 billion+)
- ▸Red Sea/Houthi strikes
- ▸Strikes on Iranian proxies in Iraq/Syria
- ▸AUKUS submarine deal
1
Authorized by Congress
1
No Authorization
188,000
Civilian Deaths
📖 War Record Analysis
Joe Biden executed the Afghanistan withdrawal — the right decision, chaotically implemented — ending America's longest war. But he simultaneously launched the largest proxy war since the Cold War in Ukraine ($66.9 billion and counting), expanded operations against the Houthis, and continued the drone campaign. Biden's presidency demonstrates that ending one war while starting others is the American presidential pattern.
🗣️ On War & Military Power
“We will support Ukraine for as long as it takes.”
📊 Military Spending During Presidency
Military Spending by Year (Billions)
Total military spending during Joe Biden's tenure: $3210B. Average: $803B/year. Spending increased over the course of the presidency.
⚖️ Constitutional Authority
Joe Biden had authorization for 1 conflict but conducted 1 without it — a mixed constitutional record.
Unauthorized conflicts:
• Syrian Civil War Intervention — Justified under 2001 AUMF - written to target al-Qaeda, applied to ISIS 13 years later.
⚔️ Conflicts Under Joe Biden
Ukraine proxy war
Red Sea/Houthi strikes
🗽 The Assessment
Joe Biden involved the nation in 4 military conflicts, at a cost of $350B (2024 dollars). 1 of these lacked congressional authorization. The question we must always ask: were these conflicts truly necessary for the defense of American liberty?