The conflict in Iran has been ongoing for more than a week. Now, it’s been revealed how much it has cost the American taxpayers – a number that will shock you.
According to senior Pentagon officials, the US military campaign against Iran has already cost the American taxpayer billions of dollars in just seven days. It surely puts a spotlight on how expensive warfare has become, as well as raising questions about how long the Trump administration wants to continue the fighting.
Officials told Congress that the first week of the campaign against Iran cost roughly $6 billion, with about $4 billion of that spent on advanced weapons and missile systems.
Speaking with CNN, Lindsay Koshgarian, program director of the National Priorities Project at the Institute of Policy Studies, said the conflict isn’t “necessary.” The expert added that the war in Iran is also taking money away from other policies that could “make life more affordable for Americans.”
“This is highly unpredictable, and so we won’t know the cost of it until it’s over.” Koshgarian said, “The cost of the war in Iraq ended up being almost $3 trillion. So this could, this could be astronomical, easily.”
