On: U.S. federal price tag for the post-9/11 wars is o...

[akira2501]

And if that 8T had been spent on building things rather than destroying them, there would have been even more benefits.

This is the same mentality that a common thief has.

"I'm just creating jobs for repair men!"

[whatever1 → akira2501]

I mean US was building things, just the wrong ones (bombs and fighter jets)

The infrastructure destroyed by the US is probably of near zero value, given that they were fighting against failed states. Yugoslavia being the exception in this.

[cpursley → whatever1]

Wait, are you saying that because they were failed states, it was a-okay for America to bomb their water supplies, etc?

[whatever1 → cpursley]

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.

[proudeu → whatever1]

Well its infinite for you. Americans will bomb your kid for less than 200k.

[cpursley → whatever1]

Oh, apologies for my misunderstanding. Good points.