Two very important points
Pegasus Spyware was purchased by FBI/FSB
Polish prosecutor general Adam Bodnar told the parliament Wednesday that Pegasus spyware was used against hundreds of people under the country's former government.
The U.S. quietly shipped a new long-range missile system to Ukraine, which used it to bomb airfields in Russian-occupied territory, according to a Pentagon spokesperson. Why it matters: The transfer of the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) marked a major policy shift within the Biden administration
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction
Costs were immense. Tens of thousands of people—including more than 2,450 U.S. servicemembers—were killed. Many more were injured, among them more than 20,700 U.S. servicemembers.
From 2002 through mid-2021, the United States Congress appropriated approximately $144.7 billion for Afghanistan reconstruction—far more than it spent on the post World-War-II Marshall Plan in inflation adjusted terms. The mission promised to bring stability and democracy to Afghanistan, yet ultimately delivered neither.
https://www.sigar.mil/Portals/147/Files/Reports/sigar-final-report.pdf
