According to #TheBlackSwan author #NassimNicholasTaleb the war in #irak was estimated by #georgewbush to have costs of $30000000000 - 60000000000 (30 - 60 billion $).
In 2012 - including indirect costs - this rather summed up to approx. $2000000000000 ( 2 trillion $ )

I remember well, how that war was announced with supposed possession of weapons of mass destruction in Irak.

#USA citizens and people around the world are already affected by the consequences of #Iran war ... but more to come:

DR Sales Boards Explosive Mads Brügger Series ‘The Black Swan’: ‘Like ‘The Sopranos’ in Real Life’ (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #BerlinFilmFestival #DRSales #Efm #TheBlackSwan

https://variety.com/2025/tv/global/dr-sales-mads-brugger-the-black-swan-1236307718/

Very hard to distill down to 7, but here some books I like.

#TheBlackSwan - #Taleb
#TheSunAlsoRises - #Hemingway
#UndauntedCourage - Ambrose
#EmbracingDefeat - Dower
#Neuromancer - Gibson
#1Q84 - #Murakami
#TheFaceofBattle - Keegan

#7books