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Putting a price tag on war with Iran (2 to 3 trillion)
CNN ^ | Nov 19 2012 | Jennifer Rizzo

Posted on 11/28/2012 10:10:46 PM PST by WilliamIII

An all-out U.S. war with Iran, including an invasion by American troops, would cost the global economy close to $2 trillion in the first three months and could go as high as $3 trillion, according to a Washington think tank. A full-scale ground operation to dismantle Iran's nuclear program is unlikely but the scenario is just one of a handful that a group of nine experts, assembled by the Federation of American Scientists, examined to explore how the global economy would be impacted by U.S. action against Iran. "There had been talks about oil spikes, about what would happen with the Iranian nuclear program, damage to Iran itself but there had been no, at least in the open sources, large-scale looks at what was going to happen globally," said Charles Blair who co-authored the report.

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Hey, we can borrow the money from China!
1 posted on 11/28/2012 10:10:55 PM PST by WilliamIII
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To: WilliamIII

Hey, why don’t we make IRAN pay for it!!!


2 posted on 11/28/2012 10:12:44 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: WilliamIII

WWII ended the Great Depression...just sayin...


3 posted on 11/28/2012 10:13:50 PM PST by bigbob
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To: WilliamIII

What might the price tag be if Iran isn’t stopped?


4 posted on 11/28/2012 10:16:51 PM PST by mitch5501 ("make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things ye shall never fall")
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To: WilliamIII

Obama’s saving us money already!
He only spent $6.95 on a tube of lipstick!


5 posted on 11/28/2012 10:18:00 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: tet68

Hey, why don’t we make IRAN pay for it!!!

Like Iraq paid for that war? We’re about to pay for the debt left over from that war with Obama’s higher taxes.


6 posted on 11/28/2012 10:18:10 PM PST by WilliamIII
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To: mitch5501

What might the price tag be if Iran isn’t stopped?

How much did it cost Reagan to defeat the Soviet Union by invading them? Oh wait, he didn’t invade the Soviet Union. He didn’t invade any countries (other than tiny Grenada). It was genius George W. Bush who showed us that you need to invade countries to “stop them.” And look how that worked out - Iraq is now the closest ally to Iran.


7 posted on 11/28/2012 10:20:04 PM PST by WilliamIII
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To: bigbob

WWII ended the Great Depression...just sayin...

So I guess the US isn’t bankrupt after all, if we can spend trillions on another mideast war?


8 posted on 11/28/2012 10:22:06 PM PST by WilliamIII
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To: bigbob

WWII ended the Great Depression...just sayin...

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This war will end an era of <$15 gas...just sayin..


9 posted on 11/28/2012 10:22:59 PM PST by cunning_fish
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To: WilliamIII
Iraq is now the closest ally to Iran.

Any Iranian between them is only because Obama walked on the blood that was shed.

10 posted on 11/28/2012 10:25:31 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: bigbob

I always thought that, but have read other places now that some of the people elected a couple years before the War started putting a stop to some of FDR’s policies, as well as the Supreme Court ruling against FDR on a couple of things was what started the turn-around.

But I’m no expert!


11 posted on 11/28/2012 10:27:48 PM PST by 21twelve (So I [God] gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices. Psalm 81:12)
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To: WilliamIII

10 Giants bombs that we have already paid for plus NO nation building = already paid for. Who runs these numbers?


12 posted on 11/28/2012 10:32:50 PM PST by samadams2000
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To: WilliamIII

Any Iranian “influence” between them


13 posted on 11/28/2012 10:33:05 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: WilliamIII
$3 Trillion? Gosh, that sure is a lot of money we really don't have.

How about a few well-placed neutron bombs that are already paid for? Then exploit the oil fields for both Israel and us.

14 posted on 11/28/2012 10:34:50 PM PST by MichaelCorleone ('We the People' can and will take this country back...starting today.)
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To: WilliamIII

We don’t need their oil, wipe them off the earth with the nuclear bombs that we have in abundance!


15 posted on 11/28/2012 10:36:00 PM PST by dalereed
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To: WilliamIII

Any study by the leftist Federation of American Scientists is automatically suspect. This one smells.

No real mention of the US just taking out Iran’s oil fields/pumping capacity/natural gas lines. That would cripple the economy without starting a major war.

Also, we would not “invade” Iran because they have a much larger, well armed Army than Saddam did (Just ask my son who fought against the Iraqi irregulars while witnessing what the 3rd ID did to the Republican Guard divisions.) No use risking ground troops when you can fight from the air and sea at much less a risk.

With US oil production reaching potentially all time levels, any oil loss from Iran could be made up from our own supplies. Now you know why Obama doesn’t want the Keystone pipeline built. It is our secret weapon in any “oil wars”.

Additionally, our military attacks would be aimed at Command and Control Centers of the Republican Guard, key naval facilities to stop “swarms” before they could be formed, and key anti-ship missile sites and ships.

Would also target some major missile bases.

Grant us air superiority from the beginning plus some very interesting cyber-attacks and EMP warfare.

Trusting any thing from the FAS is like trusting a pedophile to babysit your children.

I remember when Jeremy Stone headed FAS, he being the son of identified Communist Party member/KGB asset I.F. Stone. Go back and see what positions FAS took re the Soviet Union and our weapons programs during the Cold War. They weren’t on our side.

No need to say any more. Their past actions and positions tell us that they are not to be trusted.


16 posted on 11/28/2012 10:40:24 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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Their past actions and positions tell us that they are not to be trusted.

Don’t know about them, but I do know that when a Bush economic advisor said the Iraq war would cost hundreds of billions, they canned him — and freepers booed him. Turned out he was on the low side. If you think an Iran war would be cheap, and wouldn’t cause economic havoc, you’re lying or dreaming. This is one reason the GOP lost - too many war lovers around romney. He even had to disclaim them at his third debate, saying “nobody wants another Iraq war.” Unfortunately, there are nuts who do.


17 posted on 11/28/2012 10:43:50 PM PST by WilliamIII
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To: WilliamIII

Romney is a war lover?

LOL!!


18 posted on 11/28/2012 10:46:08 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mitch5501

Four posts in, and clarity hits the forum.

Exactly. How much would three nuclear weapons raining down on Europe cost the global economy?

Some ideas are so flawed, that most folks would be ashamed to be knows as the person who floated it. This article is a prime example.


19 posted on 11/28/2012 10:58:07 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Hurricane Sandy..., a week later and over 60 million Americans still didn't have power.)
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To: WilliamIII

The idea that we’re going to invade Iran is just a scare tactic by the Left.


20 posted on 11/28/2012 11:01:40 PM PST by Amberdawn
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