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> It is obvious to anyone that if Iran put all the resources they poured into secret nuclear facilities and missiles into economic development, infrastructure, and education, Iran would be in a completely different place today

Funny, I was just thinking that about the US.

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> Funny, I was just thinking that about the US.

I don't know how anyone in good faith can compare Iran's economy to the U.S.

They can't. And yet, it's true that the US would be a different place if it spent more money on education and less on missiles.

> if it spent more money on education and less on missiles

Wait, isn't the US has literally the highest spending on education in the world? And it is precisely the highest spending in the world on missiles that make it possible. So less money on missiles would mean less money on education.

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