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Dunc

(135 posts) Fri Mar 6, 2026, 03:41 AM 23 hrs ago

A article from Common Dreams on the cost of this war.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/what-s-the-cost-of-iran-war

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A article from Common Dreams on the cost of this war. (Original Post) Dunc 23 hrs ago OP

Recommended. But $1 billion per day is a very conservative estimate vanessa_ca 21 hrs ago #1

Thank you. niyad 21 hrs ago #2

vanessa_ca

(754 posts)

1. Recommended. But $1 billion per day is a very conservative estimate

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Fri Mar 6, 2026, 05:45 AM

21 hrs ago

That doesn´t include things like the radar component of the THAAD Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) System destroyed in the UAE and Jordan or the early warning radar in Qatar. Meanwhile, we can't have healthcare. I'll be paying very close and vindictive attention when our pols vote to fund this madness,

niyad

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2. Thank you.

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Fri Mar 6, 2026, 06:01 AM

21 hrs ago

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