伊朗战争满六个月，美军伤亡逾750人，内布拉斯加民主党人挑战共和党议员

HI, THERE. WELCOME TO MEET THE HI, THERE. WELCOME TO MEET THE PRESS NOW I'M RYAN NOBLES IN PRESS NOW I'M RYAN NOBLES IN WASHINGTON. THE WAR IN IRAQ HAS WASHINGTON. THE WAR IN IRAQ HAS OFFICIALLY REACHED THE SIX OFFICIALLY REACHED THE SIX MONTH MARK AS THE PRESIDENT'T'S MONTH MARK AS THE PRESIDENT'S GOALS FOR THE CONFLICT AND THE GOALS FOR THE CONFLICT AND THE PATH TO END IT REMAIN UNCLEAR. PATH TO END IT REMAIN UNCLEAR.

WHAT IS CLEAR? THIS WAR AND ITS WHAT IS CLEAR? THIS WAR AND ITS ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ARE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ARE DEEPLY UNPOPULAR. WITH LESS DEEPLY UNPOPULAR. WITH LESS THAN TEN WEEKS TO GO UNTIL THE THAN TEN WEEKS TO GO UNTIL THE MIDTERMS. IN THE PAST 180 DAYS MIDTERMS. IN THE PAST 180 DAYS OF WAR, 18 U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS OF WAR, 18 U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN KILLED AND MORE THAN HAVE BEEN KILLED AND MORE THAN 750 HAVE BEEN WOUNDED.

THERE 750 HAVE BEEN WOUNDED. THERE ARE MORE THAN 50,000 TROOPS ARE MORE THAN 50,000 TROOPS STATIONED IN THE REGION, STATIONED IN THE REGION, ACCORDING TO AN NBC NEWS ACCORDING TO AN NBC NEWS ESTIMATE. THE WAR HAS COST ESTIMATE. THE WAR HAS COST BETWEEN 80 AND $100 BILLION. BETWEEN 80 AND $100 BILLION. THAT'S MORE THAN DOUBLE THTHE THAT'S MORE THAN DOUBLE THE PENTAGON'S'S ESTIMATE OF $37.5 PENTAGON'S ESTIMATE OF $37.5 BILLION.

NBC NEWS REPORTING BILLION. NBC NEWS REPORTING SHOWS THAT U.S. MILITARY BASES SHOWS THAT U.S. MILITARY BASES HAVE SUFFERED MORE THAN $1 HAVE SUFFERED MORE THAN $1 BILLION IN DAMAGES, AND THE BILLION IN DAMAGES, AND THE PENTAGON'S MUNITIONS HAVE BEEN PENTAGON'S MUNITIONS HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY DEPLETED. THE SIGNIFICANTLY DEPLETED. THE PRESIDENT, WHO NOW SAYS HE'S PRESIDENT, WHO NOW SAYS HE'S FOCUSING ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON FOCUSING ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON IRAN RATHER THAN MILITARY FORCE, IRAN RATHER THAN MILITARY FORCE, HAS REPEATEDLY SHIFTED THE HAS REPEATEDLY SHIFTED THE GOALS AND THE TIMELINE OF THE GOALS AND THE TIMELINE OF THE WAR.

SINCE THE BEGINNING. WAR. SINCE THE BEGINNING.

WE ALSO PROJECTED FOUR WEEKS

WE ALSO PROJECTED FOUR WEEKS TO TERMINATE THE MILITARY TO TERMINATE THE MILITARY LEADERSHIP. AND AS YOU KNOW, LEADERSHIP. AND AS YOU KNOW, THAT WAS DONE IN ABOUT A AN HOU. THAT WAS DONE IN ABOUT AN HOUR. SO WE'RE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE SO WE'RE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE THERE BY A LOT. WE'RE ENSURING THERE BY A LOT. WE'RE ENSURING THAT THE WORLD'S NUMBER ONE THAT THE WORLD'S NUMBER ONE SPONSOR OF TERROR CAN NEVER SPONSOR OF TERROR CAN NEVER OBTAIN A NUCLEAR WEAPON.

WE'RE OBTAIN A NUCLEAR WEAPON. WE'RE NOT READY TO LEAVE YET, BUT WE NOT READY TO LEAVE YET, BUT WE WILL BE LEAVING IN THE NEAR WILL BE LEAVING IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SO MANY PEOPLE SAY, OH, FUTURE. SO MANY PEOPLE SAY, OH, WELL, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? WELL, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? WE CAN'T LET IRAN HAVE A WE CAN'T LET IRAN HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I'VE BEEN DOING NUCLEAR WEAPON. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR SIX WEEKS, AND THEIR THIS FOR SIX WEEKS, AND THEIR MILITARY IS TOTALLY DEFEATED.

MILITARY IS TOTALLY DEFEATED.