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Re:U.S. federal price tag for the post-9/11 wars is over $8T by cpursley on Thursday October 05, 2023 @04:19PM (#37783782)
Wait, are you saying that because they were failed states, it was a-okay for America to bomb their water supplies, etc?
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Re:U.S. federal price tag for the post-9/11 wars is over $8T by whatever1 on Thursday October 05, 2023 @04:32PM (#37783932)
No we are just comparing values. The value of the American weapons is significantly higher than the value of the infrastructure they destroyed by orders of magnitude. So from a money perspective American wars were a net positive.

Which is why I hate the original article. Money is not the reason why waging war is bad.

It’s the loss of human lives and well being. And that does not have a dollar value. The price of the life of my kid is infinite.

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Re:U.S. federal price tag for the post-9/11 wars is over $8T by cpursley on Thursday October 05, 2023 @06:00PM (#37784831)
Oh, apologies for my misunderstanding. Good points.
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Re:U.S. federal price tag for the post-9/11 wars is over $8T by proudeu on Thursday October 05, 2023 @09:13PM (#37786183)
Well its infinite for you. Americans will bomb your kid for less than 200k.
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