Mark Penn, CEO of Stagwell Inc. and chairman of the Harris Poll, argues that the benefit of defanging Iran outweigh the cost of a war. He argues that an increase in oil prices from $60 to $110 a barrel increases energy costs for the US of about $1 billion a day. A 90-day war would add $90 billion of higher oil costs, far less impactful than President Trump's tariffs or the inflation caused by runaway spending. While the increase in prices is real, it impacts consumers, particularly in states that have raised prices to discourage oil use as part of their green strategies, many politicians have long been behind policies to raise and tax them. Furthermore, preventing Iran from expanding its military and nuclear arsenal could save billions of dollars of future costs.