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



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.


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


Oh, apologies for my misunderstanding. Good points.




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