This is modern conservatism in a nutshell -- it's OK if Americans have to pay a lot for this stupid war of choice, because the people that Americans hate will have to pay even more.
No amount of suffering is bad as long as we know someone else is suffering worse.
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 ... )
