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snot

(11,818 posts)
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 05:29 PM Mar 15

Congress Will Soon Decide Whether to Approve Yet More $ for Iran War

Pentagon officials told lawmakers earlier this week that the first six days of the {Iran war alone} cost the US more than $11.3 billion, according to The New York Times.

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Most Republicans are likely to line up behind the administration’s request, but Democrats are wary of devoting more money to an unpopular war effort that hasn’t been approved by Congress.

Wary.

More at https://www.semafor.com/article/03/12/2026/debatable-iran-war-funding

Re- the Pentagon's struggles to figure out how to spend the money, the strain on the US economy, etc., see https://fortune.com/2026/02/23/us-debt-trump-plan-pentagon-budget-interest-costs-great-power-status/ .

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Congress Will Soon Decide Whether to Approve Yet More $ for Iran War (Original Post) snot Mar 15 OP
Wary?! They can't even get the TSA funds to pay people working without a paycheck for a month now. Deuxcents Mar 15 #1
What they need is a new logo... buzzycrumbhunger Mar 15 #2
It would better Resistance1 Mar 15 #3
Wary? -eom vanessa_ca Mar 15 #4

Deuxcents

(26,985 posts)
1. Wary?! They can't even get the TSA funds to pay people working without a paycheck for a month now.
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 05:52 PM
Mar 15

More money requests and no accountability for what’s going on or how these billions are being spent. We are so messed up and the public trough is running on empty as we borrow 50$ billion a week for the last 5 months.

Resistance1

(160 posts)
3. It would better
Sun Mar 15, 2026, 07:27 PM
Mar 15

If trumps fucked up face, which is the equivalent of death, was placed in the middle instead

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