The cost revelation is stark: $12 billion spent in the first 15 days of the Iran conflict, with the Pentagon now seeking a $200 billion supplemental. This financial burn rate is unsustainable without a clear political end-state. History teaches that tactical funding without strategic coherence is a recipe for quagmire. We analyze what this means for the future of US defense budgeting.
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