What if — and hear me out — we listened to the people who had actually been to war?

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As it continues into its seventh week, the Iran war has cost the United States $11.3 billion in the first week alone, with an estimated $1 billion per additional day. It has also claimed the lives of 13 US service members and more than 3,000 Iranians.