Iran war cost hits $38 billion, forecast to rise $3 billion a month

…enough munitions, ammo, and stockpiles to serve all of the Commander-in-Chief’s strategic goals and beyond.” Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell disputed the report’s findings of munitions shortages and said, “ We have everything required to strike at the time and place of the president’s choosing. ” The cost inquiry was conducted at the request of the top Democrat on the U.S. House of Representatives Budget Committee, Brendan Boyle of Pennsylvania. “Donald Trump’s disastrous war in Iran has already taken the…

…to strike at the time and place of the president’s choosing.” The cost inquiry was conducted at the request of the top Democrat on the U.S. House of Representatives Budget Committee, Brendan Boyle of Pennsylvania. “ Donald Trump’s disastrous war in Iran has already taken the lives of brave American servicemembers and left others wounded ,” Boyle said in a statement. “Beyond that human toll, this nonpartisan CBO report makes clear that the war has also cost American taxpayers tens of billions of dollars and counting, while continuing to drive up costs.”…

…another major conflict, such as potential hostilities involving China and Taiwan, CBO said. At the July hearing in the Senate, Hegseth pleaded for nearly $90 billion in emergency funding to restock munitions supplies. “ Without these funds, we face critical shortfalls ,” Hegseth said. The Pentagon’s inspector general reported this week that Iran had damaged or destroyed hundreds of buildings on U.S. bases in the Middle East as well as aircraft including fighter jets, refueling planes…