Pentagon seeks $200 billion in additional funds for the Iran war

[naftali]

Source: Assiciated Press

The Pentagon is seeking $200 billion in additional funds for the Iran war, a sizable amount that is certain to be met with questions from Congress, which would need to approve any new money.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-us-pentagon-972ec1bd956a2c3633e6ab7fff389791

[SheltieLover]

1. Absolutely not!

[SheltieLover]

2. Welcome to DU!

[twodogsbarking]

3. Pentagon seeks funds to cover money already wasted. There's yer headline.

[LakeVermilion]

4. Let the military/industrial complex donate...

They probably already donate to the ballroom and to the remodel of The Kennedy Center.

[ChicagoTeamster]

5. This is shrub asking for $870B after the Iraq invasion in 2003 to cover ongoing operations all over again.

The end result was way more. The US has already spent $13B in just what? a week? Plus, how much did the June bombings in Lebanon and Iran cost already?

If he wanted money for an Epstein distraction, he shouldn't have given out the tax cuts or wasted all the DOGE money. Claw that money back now.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. Trump calls it a 'small price to pay.'

Debate in Washington over the cost of the war in Iran escalated on Thursday as a new possible price tag of $200 billion began to circulate among policymakers.

The figure isn't final but could represent the Trump administration's eventual request to Congress — a "supplemental funding bill," in Washington parlance — to cover additional costs stemming from the war.

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"We are asking for a lot of reasons," Trump said, adding that funding is also about rebuilding the overall military beyond what is happening in Iran.

The request, he said, is "a small price to pay to make sure that we stay tippy top."

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/200-billion-for-the-war-in-iran-trump-calls-it-a-small-price-to-pay-174411938.html

[raccoon]

15. Then you pay for it, MF.

[Fla Dem]

7. Tariffs, war with Iran and $45 Billion for ICE. The nation will be bankrupt.

[LymphocyteLover]

9. the GOP plan

[durablend]

12. Bankrupt the country

And the citizens. Civil unrest then declare martial law.

[LymphocyteLover]

16. Boo to that! I vote no.

[orangecrush]

14. That's the idea

Putin's thug

[LymphocyteLover]

8. Nope! Nope! Nope! Nope! Nope! Nope! Nope! Nope! Nope! Nope! Nope! Nope!

Nope!!!!

[Rebl2]

10. Get it

from the grifter and his ballroom

[Talitha]

11. Feed our children and take care of our sick.

[RainCaster]

13. Get his billionaire buddies to pay for it

Peter Theil can pay for it, he wants that war.