CounterPunch Exclusives

CounterPunch Exclusives

The Iran war is Immoral, Illegal and a Colossal Waste of Money

Locations struck by: X United States and Israel. O Iran, Hezbollah, and PMF. Image Source: Wikimedia maps | Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

President Donald Trump’s imperialist assault on Iran, which has claimed countless innocent lives, and will take many more before it’s finished, is an unauthorized, unprovoked war of aggression. Besides being immoral and illegal, under both domestic and international law, the conflict is also a colossal waste of money. Pentagon officials told United States lawmakers just the first six days of the war cost more than $11 billion, not including the money required to build up military hardware and personnel, among other things.

Of course, this is just the beginning. The Center for Strategic and International Studies estimated the early period of the Iran war cost $891.4 million each day. Perhaps Trump will find a way to extricate himself from the conflict sooner rather than later, but it’s worth noting the........

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