WASHINGTON (The Thursday Times) — Iran par US ki jang mein US fauj ka kharch ab tak 47 arab dollar se zyada ho chuka hai, jo teen maheene pehle Pentagon ke apne andaze se aik chauthai se zyada hai. Yeh baat Reuters ki report ke mutabiq Defense Department ke andarooni aadad-o-shumar se samne aayi hai.
Yeh andaza, jise manzar-e-aam par nahin laya gaya, us 37.5 arab dollar ke muqable mein hai jo Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ne July mein senators ko bataya tha. Reuters ne bataya ke Pentagon ne tabsire ki darkhwast ka jawab nahin diya.
Paisa kahan gaya
Andaza-shuda kharch mein se 29 arab dollar se zyada jang ke dauran daghe gaye gola barood ki jagah naya gola barood lene par, aur 6 arab dollar se zyada saz-o-saman aur "platform losses" ki jagah lene par lagenge, jin mein tayyare aur bohat se drones shamil hain. In aadad-o-shumar mein wazeh taur par woh bara bill shamil nahin hai jis ke bare mein tawaqqo hai ke Iran ke missiles aur drones se nishana banne wale US bases ki marammat par aayega. Congressional Budget Office ne alag se andaza lagaya hai ke jang ka kharch har maheene taqreeban 3 arab dollar barh raha hai, aur khabardar kiya hai ke US ke hathiyaron ke zakhaire dobara tameer karne mein paanch saal lag sakte hain.
Sadr Donald Trump ne February mein Israel ke saath mil kar jang shuru ki, is ummeed par ke yeh mukhtasar hogi, aur mansooba tha ke pehle mehngi precision missiles aur baad mein sasti bombs istemal kiye jayein. Lekin April ki jangbandi ne Iran ko waqt de diya ke woh zer-e-zameen zakhaire khod kar nikaale aur kuch difai nizam, missiles aur drones dobara istemal mein le aaye. Trump ne is ke baad Iran ki tel ki baraamdat bilkul band karne ke liye behri nakabandi laga di hai, aur US ahalkaron ka kehna hai ke Pentagon hukm milne par shadeed larai dobara shuru karne ki tayyari kar raha hai.
Ballot par jang
Yeh naya aadad 3 November ko hone wale midterm elections se chand din pehle samne aaya hai, jo Congress ke control ka faisla karenge. Tawanai ki qeematon par jang ke asrat ne Trump ki approval ratings ko nuqsan pahunchaya hai aur Republicans par bojh dala hai, jinhein donon aiwanon mein mamooli aksariyat hasil hai.
Jang ne Pakistan ko bhi dabao mein rakha hai, jahan QatarEnergy ne saal ke aakhir tak Pakistani kharidaron ko LNG ki supply rok di hai aur eendhan ki qeematein jang se pehle ki satah se kaafi oopar hain.
