The eventual losses, an estimated $130 billion, were far less than if the assets had been sold immediately.

Don't consider eventual losses, and don't have any expectations.

Such estimation is based on sheer number of concentrated tanks, their main armament, the thickness of their armor, their actual failure rate, the eventual losses to aircraft, and normal scheduled maintenance.

The bankers enjoy their bonuses, the shareholders partake in the windfall; and when the banks collapse, most of the eventual losses are borne by society, whose only alternative is to allow the financial foundations of the economy to collapse.