The U.S. rescued two F-15E crew members from Iran, but lost an F-15E, HC-130J rescue aircraft, helicopters, drones and an A-10 during the operation. Analysts estimate the total cost may exceed US$2 billion, making it the most expensive combat rescue mission in modern military history.
Are you aware how many people could be saved with 2 billions worth of social programs and healthcare?
Not specifically but I know it’s a lot. Doesn’t reduce our obligation to rescue the people our country puts in harm’s way (for good reasons or bad).
The other people are also put in harms way by American policies, there is no real difference.
None, because even if we weren’t in this war, they wouldn’t spend it on that stuff anyway.
Doesn’t change the fact that 2 billion could save a lot of people if the money was allocated for that instead of war.
Yeah, I get it. After Afghanistan, I heard we spent $7 trillion, and got literally no outcome. Everything was essentially the same as when we started, 20 years before. Think of what we could have done with $7 trillion over 20 years…
Yes, it’s so sad how USA has lost obvious opportunities to improve the lives of their population, actually not much different from Russia. The money was there, they were just spend on making the rich richer and to build an expensive military.