Trillion-dollar wars justified with gym-bro one-liners

A defense official casually pitches a quarter-trillion dollars for military action with the rhetorical sophistication of someone justifying a gym membership. The quote "it takes money to kill bad guys" is the kind of brain-dead oversimplification that lives rent-free in the darkest corners of political discourse. This is pure unhinged confidence married to catastrophic oversimplification, delivered with the conviction of someone who's never had to explain themselves to anyone who mattered.