While Congress hasn't funded the Iran war, the Pentagon is stepping up and paying anyway
The Pentagon's inspector general says Operation Epic Fury has cost at least $33.4 billion, paid for out of accounts meant to train and maintain the military.
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Micah 6:8
Ethical application · WEBHe has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
A reader might connect Micah's call to justice, mercy, and humility with questions about accountable military spending and the human consequences of war. The passage offers an ethical test rather than a claim that this event fulfills prophecy.
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How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams? With tens of thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience? The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
This interpretation is debated. Christians may differ over whether justice and stewardship chiefly support urgent military action or stricter congressional authorization and financial accountability.