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Rhiannon12866

(253,727 posts)
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 10:29 PM 13 hrs ago

Why this conflict could cost hundreds of billions - Al Jazeera English



The US and Israeli war in Iran is costing millions of dollars a day and is expected to cost hundreds of billions of dollars over the several weeks the Trump administration estimates it will take.

John Hendren reports on the financial cost of the war in Iran. - 03/02/2026.

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Why this conflict could cost hundreds of billions - Al Jazeera English (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 13 hrs ago OP
It certainly will. Klarkashton 13 hrs ago #1
I predict we will foot the entire bill for this fiasco, Bayard 13 hrs ago #2
Gas prices finally got just below $3 a gallon here in Northern New York Rhiannon12866 13 hrs ago #3
Just another redistribution of wealth - from the taxpayers to the Marie Marie 12 hrs ago #4

Bayard

(29,276 posts)
2. I predict we will foot the entire bill for this fiasco,
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 10:43 PM
13 hrs ago

While losing every kind of benefit here at home, and gas prices going through the roof.

Marie Marie

(11,156 posts)
4. Just another redistribution of wealth - from the taxpayers to the
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 11:16 PM
12 hrs ago

MIC and the war profiteers. Soldiers lives are just an expendable cost of doing business. DRAFT BARRON.

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