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minus-squarejackmarxist [any]hexbear26·3 months agoI read it as 208 Billion and was like what the fuck link
minus-squareBlack_Mald_Futures [any]hexbear23·3 months agoI mean they can't be far off from that already right? Didn't they just give them like 70 billion dollars of shit link
minus-squareHexamerous [none/use name]hexbear21·3 months agoUnironically, if anyone want to effort post a little, what's the total at this point? Like compared to what did Iraq and Afghanistan cost? link
minus-squareGreenleaf [he/him]hexbear13·3 months agoIt’s not close, what was spent on Iraq and Afghanistan is counted in the trillions. link
minus-squareSacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]hexbear11·edit-23 months agoYeah, we're not even close Looks to be around 28-ish billion including this? Iraq and Afghanistan was about 2.2. trillion upfront, 6.5 trillion in interest (as of 2021), which aligns with a Brown University piece that cites the Cost of War project link
minus-squareHexamerous [none/use name]hexbear9·3 months agoI had to look up how zeros was in trillion. Just... absolutely fucking mind blowing sums of money. Well spent. I'm actually impressed. link
minus-squareSacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]hexbear5·3 months agoUsed to be a ticker website actively tracking the costs constantly, I can't remember the name offhand; it's probably long gone Was very insane to watch and think about link
I read it as 208 Billion and was like what the fuck
I mean they can't be far off from that already right? Didn't they just give them like 70 billion dollars of shit
Unironically, if anyone want to effort post a little, what's the total at this point? Like compared to what did Iraq and Afghanistan cost?
It’s not close, what was spent on Iraq and Afghanistan is counted in the trillions.
Yeah, we're not even close
Looks to be around 28-ish billion including this?
Iraq and Afghanistan was about 2.2. trillion upfront, 6.5 trillion in interest (as of 2021), which aligns with a Brown University piece that cites the Cost of War project
I had to look up how zeros was in trillion. Just...
absolutely fucking mind blowing sums of money. Well spent. I'm actually impressed.
Used to be a ticker website actively tracking the costs constantly, I can't remember the name offhand; it's probably long gone
Was very insane to watch and think about