The US Pentagon says the Iran war cost 33.4 billion dollars. That spending left shortfalls in strategic weapons and munitions . A US watchdog agency verified the shortfall in ammunition . It also tallied impacts on weapons stockpiles and military bases .

Oil prices may spike , by some energy experts' reckoning, as the conflict shakes key transit corridors in the Middle East. In China, oil throughput climbed in August. Fuel exports recovered in the same period.

Within Trump's US supporters, a generational split over the conflict has emerged. Older and younger groups take contrasting positions. The official toll was set at 33.4 billion dollars. The munitions shortfall stemmed from the conflict . The impact on military bases was part of the watchdog's review . The conflict has split supporters by age .