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The $1 billion per day number is the Pentagon's BS as regurgitated by the mainstream press. While the direct DOD costs are almost surely more, the numbers being thrown around do not include the economic costs of the oil price rise and a lot more, such as the
cost in future VA costs for vets' disabilities, DOD costs for combat pay. It will take a pro like Linda Bilmes and or the CRS analyst who tracked costs for the so-call War on Terror. The supplemental DOD wants justified as for the war's impact is $50 billion
and growing.
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Winslow T. Wheeler
From: Salon <salon-bounces@listserve.com> on behalf of Chas Freeman via Salon <salon@listserve.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2026 9:02 PM To: salon@listserve.com <salon@listserve.com> Subject: [Salon] More money for munitions
Trump is already spending $1 BILLION PER DAY on his illegal regime change war of choice in Iran.
Now, he's going to ask Congress to give him up to $50 BILLION MORE. |