by Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project:
(People’s Dispatch) Over 1,400 people have been killed and 18,000 injured in Iran since the start of the US-Israeli war against the country on February 28. Major civilian casualties have been reported, including 160 school girls killed in an attack on their elementary school. As the conflict reaches its third week, the vast majority of people in the US are flatly rejecting another war launched in their name.
According to a recent Ipsos poll, only 27% of the US public supports the attacks on Iran. Unlike previous conflicts, this aggression is unfolding amid what appears to be the deepest and most immediate opposition to a US war in modern history. The US war on Iran is reportedly even less popular than the Vietnam War was in its final years.
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It may also be one of the most expensive wars in modern history. In the first six days, US taxpayers had already spent an estimated 11.3 billion USD. This number doesn’t factor in major costs like troop deployments, aircraft operations and maintenance, equipment losses, long-term care for wounded troops, rebuilding munitions stockpiles, and more. The total cost is much higher. The Pentagon reportedly burned through 5.6 billion USD worth of munitions in just the first 48 hours.
“We could spend this money on universal healthcare, affordable housing, schools..” said Layla, an Iranian-American protestor in the Bay Area, during a mass march against the war.
Gas prices in the North American country have also soared about 60 cents a gallon so far, after the Islamic Republic shut down the world’s most critical maritime energy chokepoint, the Strait of Hormuz. About 20-30% of the world’s oil supply has been jammed in the region, lowering its availability and raising its price. A barrel of oil sold for 60 USD before Washington launched the war on Iran. Today the price has reached 100 USD per barrel. A spokesperson for Iran’s military command, Ebrahim Zolfaqari, warned this week: “Get ready for oil to be $200 a barrel, because the oil price depends on regional security, which you have destabilized.”
As the economic and humanitarian effects accelerate, polls, protests, strikes, and even pushback in the US Congress are reflecting a population that is increasingly opposed to funding this war.
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Despite the opposition across the country, the White House has resolved to continue the war “until the mission is complete”. The question circulating within the US government, however, remains: what exactly is the mission?
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