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Re: Iran War Cost Tracker

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Post by dexihand »

bawolff wrote: post #31
blktiger wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think that's true, but I like that this site includes a "ESTIMATED MUNITIONS & EQUIPMENT COSTS" section that shows the value of actual, expended munitions which are all one-time costs directly resulting from the war.

Seems like a massive understatement given how much of this war has been shooting down iranian missiles. According to wikipedia, a single patriot missile cost 4 million, and you often have to use multiple to get a succesful shoot down.

This. 220 mil/day is 55 PAC3-MSEs. Iran has fired ~100 ballistic missiles alone per day. Probably spending that on interceptors alone.

Re: Iran War Cost Tracker

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Post by textech »

The cost doesn't really matter. The US led financial system (which is a glorified Ponzi scheme) is on an unsustainable path. The war in Iran is about resources (force Iran to use US dollars to trade oil, give US more leverage in dealing with China...etc.) and to delay the collapse. You build "digital pyramids" like AI data centers and consolidate power/resources while you still can. Financial cost of the war is largely irrelevant. Whether the outcome will be to your advantage is a different issue but pattern is predictable with historical precedence (Romans...etc.). Unfortunately innocent people pay the price.

Re: Iran War Cost Tracker

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Post by Quarrelsome »

martythemaniak wrote: post #3

Why is the US at war?

because when you give someone the keys to the US military to some people, they lack the imagination to think beyond piracy and raiding.

The war in its current inception is Hamas levels of planning.

1. Do a big attack

2. ????

3. Profit!

Depends of if the Iranian state is weak enough to collapse on its own, because I imagine a land assault in Venezuela or Iran would be a horrific mistake due to the terrain.

Re: Iran War Cost Tracker

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Post by spaghetdefects »

bawolff wrote: post #46
4gotunameagain wrote: post #35

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US has tons of interests in the region. This is just as much for america's benefit as it is for Israel's.

This is not in the US's interest at all. What do we get out of destabilizing the region? This is entirely for Israel.

Re: Iran War Cost Tracker

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Post by ikrenji »

cvoss wrote: post #85
roughly wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We've been at this for 2.5 days, and the president is suggesting this could last a month or more. I suspect the long term ROI on free school lunches is going to far exceed that of this war, as well.

The government's job is not to maximize its ROI. For example, (and I make no argument about whether the current situation does this), protecting its citizens is of extreme moral importance, even if it's very very expensive and unlikely to somehow feed back into the economy in a way that recoups the cost long term.

excuse me? the government's job is absolutely to maximize its ROI. I'm not paying taxes just for the money to be wasted

Re: Iran War Cost Tracker

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Post by sheikhnbake »

cvoss wrote: post #85
roughly wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We've been at this for 2.5 days, and the president is suggesting this could last a month or more. I suspect the long term ROI on free school lunches is going to far exceed that of this war, as well.

The government's job is not to maximize its ROI. For example, (and I make no argument about whether the current situation does this), protecting its citizens is of extreme moral importance, even if it's very very expensive and unlikely to somehow feed back into the economy in a way that recoups the cost long term.

It's less about maximizing ROI and more about proper stewardship of resources taken by or provided to the government.

Re: Iran War Cost Tracker

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Post by hedora »

roughly wrote: post #45
BJones12 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Given 50 million schoolkids in the US and a cost per meal per child of $4, the current number represents 10 meals. At 1 meal a day that would be 2 school weeks, at 2 meals a day that would be 1 school week.

We've been at this for 2.5 days, and the president is suggesting this could last a month or more. I suspect the long term ROI on free school lunches is going to far exceed that of this war, as well.

Everyone except the president is suggesting this will turn into a regional forever war.

Re: Iran War Cost Tracker

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Post by gravisultra »

IAmGraydon wrote: post #115
wnevets wrote: post #99

But universal healthcare is too expensive.

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This is a valid criticism. Whenever there is a push to improve life for US citizens, we are told that we do not have the funds. Yet, here we see an essentially unlimited budget to fight Israel's war of aggression against Iran, with zero benefit to US citizens. In fact, the costs (financial, moral and human) that we will pay for this excursion will be astronomically high.

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Post by georgeburdell »

butILoveLife wrote: post #5

We better get a liberal democratic Iran government out of this. We better remove and halt nuclear powers for the rest of my life. I suppose pick either, and it was successful. My personal polymarket says we wont get either. Trump and Israel ruin their reputation. But reputation matters close to 0 in international relations, which is why they don't care.

The Middle East does not understand Democracy. It will just be another strong man in power. The diaspora is pushing for a new shah
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