Cost of War in the Middle East

Re: the meme here, a friend writes, “I haven’t verified it, but I believe it.”

Yes, that’s about right.  In round numbers we have: $6 * 10¹² / (2 * 10¹ years * 10⁴ hours/year) = 3 * 10⁷ = $30 million / hour.

We could have done some fabulous things with that money, needless to say: education, healthcare, clean energy and transportation, etc.