I think it's unfair to characterize it as a waste. If the intent was to strengthen the war on terror, you would have to quantify both the value of profits deri

I think it's unfair to characterize it as a waste. If the intent was to strengthen the war on terror, you would have to quantify both the value of profits derived by the military industrial complex as well as the underlying value for the wealthy of a strong petrodollar and weigh the benefit against that. Calling it a waste is implicitly absolving those responsible of any notion of intent. Accepting that the dissemination of propaganda is primarily intended for "tracking" purposes is a very generous postulation in my opinion.