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I can't believe that the toll will actually be paid - it would turn Iran into an INSANELY wealthy superpower and easily give them the funds to hugely increase their availability to fund groups like hezbollah etc.

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I read that it could add up to $80 billion/year, at most.

According to Wikipedia their current budget is roughly 40bn usd, so it would triple their budget.

This fascination with ignoring that everyone in this disaster is the 'bad guy' (yeah including the US) is very bizarre.

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