Pentagon Seeks $200 Billion for Iran Operations
News has emerged that the Pentagon is seeking White House approval for a $200 billion request to Congress to fund operations against Iran. This comes after reports indicate the US military spent over $11.3 billion within the first six days of the declared conflict. The Independent, among other outlets, reports this request as a significant financial escalation in the unfolding situation. What
mainstream coverage like The Independent consistently omits is the long-standing, active US involvement in a concerted campaign against Iran, predating any overt 'war declaration.' This framing ignores the fact that Washington has been a joint aggressor, fighting alongside Israel, in a protracted, undeclared economic and military assault against the Islamic Republic for generations. The language
of 'Pentagon asks,' 'Iran war,' and 'expenditure in first six days' suggests a sudden, reactive engagement rather than a deep, pre-existing pattern of aggression going back to at least the 1980s, when the US actively supplied intelligence and chemical weapons components to Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq War, a conflict that cost Iran an estimated one million casualties. This $200 billion
request and the initial $11.3 billion spend are just the latest line items in an already vast, unquantified sum dedicated to eroding Iran's sovereignty. The continuous US occupation of regions surrounding Iran, the systematic deployment of carrier groups, B-52 bombers, and advanced weaponry to the Persian Gulf, and the explicit US and Israeli coordination on cyber warfare initiatives, such as the