It could be worth it if the cost is on the lower end of that. Iran is a major source of instability in the world through all the proxy groups they support. And they have a theocratic authoritarian government that isn’t great for Iranians either.
Someone put together a list of what has been achieved:
Although if the cost is $1 trillion maybe it’s not worth it.
techblueberry•48m ago
On the one hand this may have been the time to do it, there was a confluence of factors that seemed to make Iran vulnerable.
But it seems weird to take a victory lap on most of the objectives. No one thought the USA was incapable of bombing Iran back to the Stone Age. So while I think some of the points about the region abandoning Iran are cogent, it wasn’t the first year after starting the war anyone was worried about, it was the next twenty.
xvxvx•1h ago
$25bn or $1 trillion: How much has Iran war really cost the US?
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/30/25bn-or-1-trillion-...
SilverElfin•1h ago
Someone put together a list of what has been achieved:
https://xcancel.com/mdubowitz/status/2047489126602088842
Although if the cost is $1 trillion maybe it’s not worth it.
techblueberry•48m ago
But it seems weird to take a victory lap on most of the objectives. No one thought the USA was incapable of bombing Iran back to the Stone Age. So while I think some of the points about the region abandoning Iran are cogent, it wasn’t the first year after starting the war anyone was worried about, it was the next twenty.