Consider...

the costs in Afghanistan... (via)

The White House is suggesting the price tag (is) ...$1 million per new soldier per year. ...That means that a surge of 40,000 troops will cost approximately $40 Billion on top of the $65 billion/year the US is currently spending on its military deployments. The health care bill that is being considered by the Congress now costs approximately $85 billion/year -- just to set some context. For more context, Afghanistan's nominal GDP was $11.7 billion last year. That's right. . .$11.7 billion -- and we are considering spending ten times that on this military engagement.