I’m actually shocked we’re paying to reconstruct the stuff we needlessly destroyed. We almost never do that. Unfortunately it’s just because our negotiators are shit amateurs and not because we want to do the right thing.
Monkey One
Rep. Brian Mast: "Ok, maybe they do end up getting $20 billion, let's say. Let's say we're still $300 to $500 billion ahead considering we destroyed their navy, destroyed their air force ... "
(So American taxpayers paid both to bomb Iran and then for Iran's reconstruction ... )