L'Iran et le coût de la guerre: "il faut de l'argent pour tuer les méchants", dit le chef du Pentagone
Asked about the $200 billion that the Pentagon reportedly requested to finance the war in Iran, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth replied Thursday that "it takes money to kill the bad guys."
The exact cost of the war waged by the United States in the Middle East has not yet been made public.
But this amount could be considerable. According to American media, the Pentagon's financial controller reportedly told Congress during a briefing that the first six days of the war had cost $11.3 billion.
"If you take into account the quantity of munitions and interceptors used, the number of air sorties, the fuel consumed and the cost of operating carrier strike groups, the bill will be very high," warns Daniel Schneiderman, head of international policy at Penn Washington.
Because "warfare is very expensive," he says: from "cruise missiles" to "interceptors and THAAD batteries," from "bombs and missiles fired from aircraft" to "the fuel and maintenance required to operate these aircraft and the aircraft carriers from which they take off." And that's without counting the "skilled personnel who operate them," adds Daniel Schneiderman.
According to him, the Iranian conflict is "among the most costly interventions that the United States has ever undertaken".
Pete Hegseth announced Thursday, during a press conference, that the Pentagon would "return to Congress" to ensure "adequate funding".
As for Donald Trump, he declared from the Oval Office that it was "a small price to pay to ensure he stays on top".
The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that the Pentagon, through the White House, wanted to request more than $200 billion from Congress to fund the war in Iran.
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