The ghost of a total military Armageddon still hovers over the planet, after the disclosure by the American newspaper New York Times that a new US - Israel attack on Iran is being considered, at a time when already, the recent, short-lived but terrifyingly intense conflict of the United States and the Zionist regime against Iran breaks every historic record of military spending. The official data coming to light cause vertigo and reveal an unprecedented financial bleeding for Washington, with the daily cost of operations exceeding every imagination and threatening American coffers with complete collapse. The world holds its breath ahead of a fragile ceasefire, at a time when top officials of Tehran warn of total annihilation of the American forces in case any aggressive stupidity is repeated.
The unthinkable daily cost: When Iraq and Vietnam looked like cheap operations
According to independent reports, the first six days of the conflict against Iran constituted an unprecedented shock, as the United States spent the inconceivable amount of 1.88 billion dollars a day. Within just 40 days of military operations and aggression, the cost skyrocketed above 45 billion dollars. To understand the scale of the financial disaster, the comparison with previous major military confrontations of the US causes terror, as the daily cost is shaped as follows:
1) War in Iran: 1.88 billion dollars a day
2) War in Iraq: 684 million dollars a day
3) War in Korea: 355 million dollars a day
4) War in Afghanistan: 315 million dollars a day
5) War in Vietnam: 137 million dollars a day
Although the Pentagon attempted to downplay the tragedy of the situation, presenting the total cost up to the ceasefire of April 8 at 25 billion dollars, independent data expose the truth, proving that the real amount had already exceeded 45.3 billion dollars. Today, despite the fragile situation, spending continues to gallop, having already surpassed the dizzying barrier of 83 billion dollars.
The historic bottomless pit of American wars
Despite the fact that the long-term campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan remain the largest in absolute terms due to their multi-year duration, the conflict with Iran is recorded as the most expensive single-day war in history. For the historic record, the total costs of previous wars, adjusted to today's purchasing value, amounted to:
1) War in Afghanistan: 2.3 trillion dollars
2) War in Iraq: 2 trillion dollars
3) War in Vietnam: 1 trillion dollars
4) War in Korea: 389 billion dollars
The Pentagon runs out of ammunition within 24 hours - The situation in US arsenals became dramatic.
The rate of consumption of American military reserves during the first day of the attacks exceeded any historical precedent and sounded an alarm bell at the American headquarters. Military experts point out that the unprecedented rate of consumption of the American budget is due to the extreme intensity of the strikes, the use of highly expensive precision ammunition, and the gigantic aerial supply chain set up in the region. The commander of Centcom revealed that the scale of operations against Iran within the first twenty-four hours was double that of the invasion of Iraq. Compared to the war in Ukraine, it is characteristic that during the first day of the attacks alone, within 24 hours, the US launched more Patriot missiles than were used in the entire three-year war between Ukraine and Russia! This blistering rate of use caused an immediate and rapid reduction in the reserves of these highly expensive strategic precision weapons, creating serious concern, if not panic, about how quickly American warehouses can empty in a conflict of such intensity. Also, the discrepancy of 20 billion dollars between the official reports of the Pentagon and the independent figures raises serious questions about the transparency of the US.
The angry reaction of Tehran: "You are falling into the well with Israel's rope"
These developments have caused the angry and confident reaction of the political and military leadership of Iran. According to the news agency Tasnim, Ali Akbar Velayati, advisor to the Supreme Leader of Iran on international affairs, launched a fierce attack on Donald Trump via platform X. Ali Akbar Velayati stressed that the failed diplomacy of Donald Trump in Beijing, his empty return from China, but also the despair of the United Arab Emirates after the disclosure of Netanyahu's secret trip, prove that Washington is in a deep crisis of strategic calculations. He even added with meaning that the threats of Donald Trump, instigated by the provocations of Tel Aviv, constitute a deadly strategic trap. "Falling into this well with Israel's rope will have a heavy price. Soon Washington will be looking with a lantern to find the remnants of its credibility in West Asia", the Iranian official underlined.
Warning of Abolfazl Shekarchi (Representative of Iran Armed Forces) to Trump: Do not repeat the same stupidity... the consequences will be worse!
Moving along the same lines was Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi, top spokesperson for the armed forces of Iran. Responding to questions from journalists about the ongoing threats of the American President, Abolfazl Shekarchi made it clear that the repetition of any stupidity with the aim to wash away the shame of the US in the third imposed war against Iran, will have no other result than for America to receive even more crushing and harsh blows. "The consequences will be worse", he concluded, warning that if the desperate American President makes the mistake to implement his threats, the remaining fortunes and the exhausted military of the US will find themselves facing new, aggressive and blistering scenarios of surprise, sinking definitively into a swamp created by the adventurous policies of the White House themselves.
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