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Rhiannon12866

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Mon Mar 2, 2026, 10:29 PM Yesterday

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 Yesterday OP
It certainly will. Klarkashton Yesterday #1
I predict we will foot the entire bill for this fiasco, Bayard Yesterday #2
Gas prices finally got just below $3 a gallon here in Northern New York Rhiannon12866 Yesterday #3
Just another redistribution of wealth - from the taxpayers to the Marie Marie Yesterday #4

Bayard

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2. I predict we will foot the entire bill for this fiasco,
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 10:43 PM
Yesterday

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

Marie Marie

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4. Just another redistribution of wealth - from the taxpayers to the
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 11:16 PM
Yesterday

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

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