Trump Administration’s Reckless Iran War Has Already Cost Over $5 Billion
By Center For American Progress Photos: Wikimedia Commons The United States is at war. In launching airstrikes on Iran over the weekend, President Donald Trump has done what he promised not to do on the campaign trail—start a new overseas conflict. This war with Iran has no clearly articulated objectives or endgame and has already come at a massive cost. Iranian strikes have killed six U.S. soldiers and wounded 18 others at the time of this article’s publication. Meanwhile, American and Israeli strikes have killed hundreds of Iranian civilians, including children, and retaliatory strikes have killed at least 11 Israelis and others across the region. The war also comes at a significant financial cost to the American taxpayer. In a March 2 press conference, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine provided a glimpse into the nature of operations thus far in Operation Epic Fury. Caine described the deployment of more than 100 aircraft, the use of Tomahawk missiles, and attacks on more than 1,000 targets in just the first day of operations. Utilizing Brown University’s “Costs of War” project cost estimates of previous operations in the region—including Operation Midnight Hammer against Iran last June and engaging the Houthis in Yemen—it is likely that the operations Caine described alone would cost more than $4 billion. But these are not the only costs…READ MORE
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By Center For American Progress
Photos: Wikimedia Commons
The United States is at war. In launching airstrikes on Iran over the weekend, President Donald Trump has done what he promised not to do on the campaign trail—start a new overseas conflict.
This war with Iran has no clearly articulated objectives or endgame and has already come at a massive cost. Iranian strikes have killed six U.S. soldiers and wounded 18 others at the time of this article’s publication.
Meanwhile, American and Israeli strikes have killed hundreds of Iranian civilians, including children, and retaliatory strikes have killed at least 11 Israelis and others across the region.
The war also comes at a significant financial cost to the American taxpayer. In a March 2 press conference, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine provided a glimpse into the nature of operations thus far in Operation Epic Fury. Caine described the deployment of more than 100 aircraft, the use of Tomahawk missiles, and attacks on more than 1,000 targets in just the first day of operations.
Utilizing Brown University’s “Costs of War” project cost estimates of previous operations in the region—including Operation Midnight Hammer against Iran last June and engaging the Houthis in Yemen—it is likely that the operations Caine described alone would cost more than $4 billion.
But these are not the only costs…READ MORE
