IBTimes: War Against ISIS Cost US $2.7B, Or Over $9M A Day, Since Last August: Pentagon
The United States has spent more than $2.74 billion in its offensive against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria since airstrikes targeting ISIS positions began last August, the Pentagon announced Thursday. The average daily expenditure for the U.S. in the fight against ISIS now stands at over $9 million.
In the first ever breakdown of the operation's costs, the U.S. Department of Defense revealed that two-thirds of overall spending, or more than $1.8 billion, had gone to the Air Force. Until U.S. airstrikes expanded to target ISIS strongholds in Syria in mid-September, the average daily cost totaled $5.6 million. Costs rose to $9.7 million a day from mid-September through late May, The Hill reported.
More News On The The U.S. War Against The Islamic State Costing $2.7 Billion
US spending $9M a day in ISIS fight -- The Hill
Pentagon: Price tag for war on Islamic State is $2.7 billion -- AP
US spending on Islamic State fight totals $2.7bn -- BBC
US Military Operations Against Islamic State Reach $2.74Bln -- Sputnik
Pentagon: US spent more than $2.7 bln on the war against IS since August -- i24 News
The U.S. Has Spent $9 Million a Day to Fight ISIS -- Newsweek
The US spends €8 million PER DAY fighting Islamic State -- The Journal (Ireland)
4 comments:
9M$ a day to blow up a few technicals or stolen MRAPs and HMMVEES
They should have set these vehicles up with self destruct devices in the first place or at minimum a tracking device to target them when they are in the hands of the enemy.
Well the system ate my comment, probably considered it too wordy (probably right too). Is this number a strictly military operational costs? This Administration prefers using money in lieu of the military to solve international problems (to be fair other administrations did so too). So a truer number would have to include the various "aid" expenditures.
James .... I cannot tell you the times when I have prepared a great post .... spent an hour on the commentary .... and the system then just ate it up to never been seen again. At the end of this year I am going to have more free time .... and I will be spending the funds to have my own website that will be independent from Blogger. And yes .... far more user friendly.
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