**NEWS SNIPPET:**
**HISTORY REPEATS? "Operation Epic Fury" Funding Crunch Echoes 1776 Continental Currency Collapse**
Washington D.C. – As lawmakers clash over the $47 billion price tag for "Operation Epic Fury," historians see a chilling parallel to America’s first financial crisis. In 1776, the Continental Congress printed money with the famous phrase "The United Colonies" to fund the Revolutionary War—only for the currency to become worthless within years, coining the term "not worth a Continental." Today, leaked Treasury projections show that diverting funds from infrastructure to Epic Fury could trigger a 12% spike in sovereign debt yields, eerily mirroring the 1779 debt-to-coin collapse that nearly lost the war. "We are monetizing our future for an invisible battlefield," warns Dr. Lena Horne of the War College, citing a hidden historical cycle: every major U.S. military operation since the Civil War has triggered a 3-5 year currency depreciation. The question remains: will this be a modern "Continental" or a lesson learned? #EpicFuryNotWorthIt