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The Wall Street Journal
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The Pentagon spent some $38 billion in its first few months of the war with Iran and will need at least five years to replace the missile interceptors it expended trying to defend U.S. troops and bases, according to a nonpartisan congressional watchdog. https://on.wsj.com/4xY58bC

on.wsj.comCongressional Watchdog Puts War Costs at $38 Billion, Estimates 5 Years to Replace InterceptorsA nonpartisan congressional watchdog estimates the war with Iran is likely to cost an additional $2 billion to $3 billion a month.

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Jo
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France24 reports, this morning, that a further $2-3 billion is being sent to Israel. This borderless entity expands territorially, redrawing again, old colonial imperial maps in the Middle East. It is empire but under a different banner.

Friedo
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Trump and Hegseth have severely compromised defense capabilities through their incompetence. The damage will land in the lap of a new president, and the GOP will blame the—presumably Democratic—president for it. All at the cost of thousands of soldiers' lives.