Pentagon requests billions more

The Pentagon wants extra money to fund the Iran war, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth stated yesterday. Although he didn’t specify how much his department was requesting, the Washington Post reported it could be as much as $200 billion. “It takes money to kill bad guys,” Hegseth said, adding that he wanted funding for “what’s been done” and what might be done. In just the first six days of the Iran war, the U.S. spent roughly $11 billion on strikes. Meanwhile, the national debt is increasing by $7 billion per day. Not only does more war mean more debt, but it also means spending money in vain because America has won its last war.