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Defense contractors, apocalypse prophecy crusaders, and Lindsey Graham love it though. It's $200B not going to housing, food, healthcare, elder care, scientific advancement, or infrastructure and it's limited munitions not going to Ukraine to help defeat Putin.
"Almost over" but needs 180 days of funding without Congressional authorization for the declaration of war.
To put this into perspective, the US provided Ukraine with $64.62bn of military aid and $50.72bn of humanitarian and financial support in the four years between January 2022 and December 2025.
And that is to hold off an invasion against a nuclear superpower neighbor
I thought it wasn't a war until congress approves it?
Actual true cost of Iraq + Afghanistan war was $8 TRILLION https://theintercept.com/2026/03/17/trump-iran-war-cost/ total spent on war and military from 2002-2021 was $21 TRILLION https://ips-dc.org/report-state-of-insecurity-cost-militariz...
Or maybe it has since there isn't yet an occupation.
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1) Yes, clearly Iran is run by extremist zealots who are horrifyingly committed to their cause. I don't think any reasonable person disagrees with this. To invert my original comment, 'Eurasia has always been at war with Oceania,' right? But that doesn't mean that indiscriminately bombing them is a coherent military strategy. Nor is it leading to the mass civilian uprising that was clearly hoped for. 2) I think the m…
1) you implied that the US is perpetually at war and Iran is not, my argument was that it's literally the exact opposite. In fact, let me point out, it's even worse than that. Of the 2 or 3 superpowers that exist, the US is by far the most peaceful one, in fact it's the only one that ISN'T perpetually at war. For the last 10 years, Russia has been at war with Ukraine, and China has been at war, meaning regular kineti…
By the US's standard of what is considered a war, is China at war, and have they been at war in the last 10 years? If so, where and when?
Russia obviously has been at war with Ukraine, no question there.
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The endgame is a wasteland of miserable neighbours that Israel can control, occupy and plunder without encountering any resistance. As for the US, they are not in control of their own actions, they're a puppet moved by Israel.
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I thought it wasn't a war until congress approves it?
To actually be a war Congress has to declare war. But they passed the War Powers Act so that they wouldn't have to do that.
In theory, the War Powers Act is limited to 60-90 days unless Congress approves funding. Which they may -- a bill to refuse funding failed. Which isn't the same thing, but even if they can't pass the authorization, it's not clear if that actually matters to anybody.
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1) you implied that the US is perpetually at war and Iran is not, my argument was that it's literally the exact opposite. In fact, let me point out, it's even worse than that. Of the 2 or 3 superpowers that exist, the US is by far the most peaceful one, in fact it's the only one that ISN'T perpetually at war. For the last 10 years, Russia has been at war with Ukraine, and China has been at war, meaning regular kineti…
You're really playing fast and loose with your definition of war here, you change it depending on the country, but aren't clearly delineating which you're using. So let me ask a question to try to clear this up: By the US's standard of what is considered a war, is China at war, and have they been at war in the last 10 years? If so, where and when? Russia obviously has been at war with Ukraine, no question there.
I thought it wasn't a war until congress approves it?
It's not a war even if Congress approves it. It's still just "an exercise of the War Powers Act", which is not technically the same thing. To actually be a war Congress has to declare war. But they passed the War Powers Act so that they wouldn't have to do that. In theory, the War Powers Act is limited to 60-90 days unless Congress approves funding. Which they may -- a bill to refuse funding failed. Which isn't the s…