Anonymous15 days ago
The Pentagon is seeking over $200 billion in supplemental funding for Operation Epic Fury, the U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran that has already cost at least $12 billion in its first three weeks. With oil prices surging past $98 per barrel, the national debt breaching $39 trillion, defense contractors lining up for billions in new contracts, and U.S. intelligence agencies maintaining that Iran was not building a nuclear weapon before the strikes began, the request faces fierce congressional scrutiny and raises urgent questions about whether the war's true costs will follow the same trajectory as Iraq and Afghanistan—where initial estimates were dwarfed by eventual multi-trillion-dollar price tags.