A Lot of Pocket Change

Although exact details concerning what the Trump Iran ‘war’ is costing in just dollars is hard to confirm, but it seems horrifying. The US is spending somewhere between one and two billion dollars a day. President Trump had asked for a massive 40% increase in military spending with an emergency handout of $200 billion for the Iran war. That math suggests a war that will last for up to 100 or more days.

What would $200 billion do for education, health, accommodation? It’s not likely it will ever be known as it wouldn’t suit Trump’s personal priorities.

War should be the last answer, not the first.

Dennis Fitzgerald, 

Melbourne, Australia