The swelling price tag for the United States offensive against the Islamic State has surpassed $8 billion, according to the Pentagon.
American taxpayers shelled out the hefty sum through June 15 for the military to battle the jihadist group across Syria and Iraq, according to new statistics
released by the Department of Defense. The average daily cost of the campaign is now $11.8 million a day, a 28 percent increase from the $9.2 million daily average from a year ago. That's a burn rate of $8,206 a minute since..."
http://www.vocativ.com/346487/cost-of-americas-war-against-isis-surges-to-8-billion/
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