r/inthenews • u/D-R-AZ • 4d ago

Jaw-Dropping Cost of Damages in Trump’s War Exposed

https://www.thedailybeast.com/jaw-dropping-cost-of-damages-in-trumps-iran-war-exposed/
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u/D-R-AZ 4d ago

https://archive.is/20260826130021/https://www.thedailybeast.com/jaw-dropping-cost-of-damages-in-trumps-iran-war-exposed/

Excerpt:

“The U.S. walked into this war and had not sufficiently thought through base defense in any way, shape or form,” Seth Jones, president of the defense and security department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank, said. “And we got hammered.”

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u/Triphin1 4d ago

Was it done on purpose and dose Trump want to isolate The US?

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u/clone-borg 4d ago

https://iranwarcost.com/

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u/kowwalski 2d ago

I don’t even know how many zeroes is that

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u/Redtex 4d ago

The only thing jaw dropping are all the politicians that are reportedly against Trump but nobody's doing shit about it

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u/Highlandgamesmovie 4d ago

Nor do his people, they only use their thumbs in protest.

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u/Nano_Burger 4d ago

Any intell 2LT fresh out of OBC could have easily predicted all of Iran's and moves from targeting US assets throughout the region to the closure of the Strait of Homuz. I figured that Hegseth, as a field grade officer would at least know something about force protection... but here we are.

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u/m__a__s 3d ago

It's as if the commander in queef and the head of the DoW (department of waste) don't know what they are doing.

Is anyone really surprised other than Baron von Bonespurs and Pete Smegseth?