Commentary argues official figures miss the war's real costs
7 Sep 17 5:32 AM · 7d ago · 7 articles · 18 posts · 3 comments · 6 sources · development 7 of 7
A Bulwark piece by Mark Hertling argued the CBO's $38 billion figure and interceptor-replacement timeline understate the war's full toll, since they exclude casualties, base repairs, and broader strategic costs.
Elizabeth Warren US Senator
Pete Hegseth US Defense SecretaryJules "Jay" Hurst III Pentagon comptrollerMike Thompson US RepresentativeCongressional Budget Office Nonpartisan federal budget analyst
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first by Semafor, 7d ago · also The Bulwark, ABC News, CNBC, Time Magazine, Time
4 more headlines
- The True Costs of the Iran War The Bulwark · 7d ago
- WATCH: The cost of the war with Iran on our military ABC News · 6d ago
- Iran war has cost on average $246 million per day in its first five months, CBO finds CNBC · 6d ago
- Iran War Has Cost U.S. Nearly $40 Billion and Fueled Inflation, CBO Finds Time Magazine · 6d ago
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The Trump administration continues to downplay the U.S. war with Iran, as new images obtained appear to show the damage and destruction to U.S. military assets.
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Trump's illegal war of choice in Iran has already cost us over $38 BILLION, and that's before you factor in the rising costs you're paying for gas, groceries, & virtually everything else. To protect our troops, civilians in the region, & to lower prices we need to end this war, NOW.
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# BBCNews - Photos show widespread damage at US sites from Iranian attacks https://www. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8g49e 0gwxeno
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Trump trying to bring back manufacturing?!!! What kind of drugs are you smoking? He’s lost hundreds of thousands of jobs, the market is trashed, he’s the one who drew up the new NAFTA, that was just as bad, then a few weeks later, he’s saying “whoever made this deal is crazy, it’s a bad deal.” Like Mfker! You made the deal! He’s a grifter brother!…
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bbc.com/news/article... How much more documentation is needed before America realizes Trump, Hegseth and their cohort are lying to us non-stop? It is US military personnel at the bases who sent the videos. Our military are nothing more than political props for Trump and Hegseth. Nothing more
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"Loss of US capability is the real reason Washington & Tel Aviv have taken a breather from assaulting Iran." All "20 or so US military bases in the Middle East have been damaged or rendered inoperable, including the HQ of the Fifth Fleet in Manama, Bahrain." Iran has inflicted $USbs of damage to sophisticated radar & signals intelligence…
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Democratic Socialism, is literally the best parts of capitalism & the best parts of socialism, put together.
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The True Costs of the Iran War https://www. thebulwark.com/p/the-true-cost s-of-the-iran-war-38-billion-cbo-estimate-interceptors?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Bulwark Latest @ bulwark-latest-TheBulwark
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And it's not going well either. How can the taxpayers forgive something like that?
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Report: US active-service members are anonomously providing visual evidence of Iran's damage to US bases, which Trump & Hegseth have underplayed. The service members say the extent of the damage "hasn't been communicated to the American public." Images included show a direct hit on a Boeing E-3 Sentry aircraft & hollowed-out buildings…
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🔴 BREAKING Alleged Iranian Strikes on US Bases in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait Anonymous U.S. service members claimed in September 2026 that Iranian strikes had damaged military bases in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The allegations highlight escalating tensions between... 📰 https://www. msn.com/en-us/war-and-conflict…
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Images show damage to U.S. military assets from Iranian strikes https:// abcnews.com/video/136515356/?u tm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into News @ news-abc
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The True Costs of the Iran War The True Costs of the Iran War
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Images showing widespread damage to multiple US sites in the Middle East from Iranian strikes have been obtained by the BBC's US partner CBS. The photos, provided by active military personnel, show a severed radar jet, flattened trailers and severely damaged buildings. The undated photos were taken at US bases and sites in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait…
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"A supplemental appropriation can pay to replace the missiles fired yesterday; that doesn’t mean the replacement missiles arrive tomorrow." Time isn't just money; it might be more important than money.
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CBO: Iran war costs top $38 billion as of 1 Aug, excluding expenses related to US personnel killed or injured, repair costs, etc. {Stop the Idiocracy 16 September; image generated via Gemini} https:// stoptheidiocracy2020s.blogspot .com/2026/09/treasure-into-furnace.html linktr.ee/arthurnewhook 🪐💔 # QueSeraSera 𓅨 🕈
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https:// time.com/article/2026/09/15/ir an-war-cost-inflation-cbo-report/?fbclid=IwcGRvZgNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8yNzUyNTQ2OTI1OTgyNzkAAR7cB8awIipVa_4yaxbq7kzyU1LsS7e-kHBIulvWPBnfqu1JQreWQiCCrs3ikw_aem_-kREEje7VjV2u58s_dWekA
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https://www. cbsnews.com/news/new-photos-da mage-u-s-kuwait-saudi-arabia-iran-drone-missile-attacks/
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