The US military activity toward Iran is staggering

 

These are 9 US jet fuel tankers flying around the Strait of Hormuz, captured July 10.  Of course, they are there to refuel other planes, which apparently do not have their transponders on.  Most jet fighters do not have transponders on, to make them harder to follow.  JUST this part of the war in Iran is amazingly expensive.  Imagine these 9 craft and their fuel, followed by others when they have to go land, and all the fighters running around bombing things.  This is just a small snapshot of the cost of the Iran war.  Remember the ground crews for all these planes, the bombs and supplies that need to be brought over, the Navy vessels nearby that also house fighters and maintain the off-and-on blockade, etc., etc.  

 At an estimated cost of $1 billion per day to maintain this war, the fact that Trump has found no way to end it means we are once again throwing our tax dollars down the drain for an unnecessary foreign entanglement. 

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