The Cost of No Security: $859 Billion

According to calculations by the Congressional Research Service, the total cost of America’s post-9/11 wars now stands at $859 billion, almost equal to that of Korea and Vietnam together. Wars are expensive, but when they go well, no one complains. Of course, what American taxpayers have gotten for the money invested in the present conflicts is deteriorating security in every region they are fought. (And just so you know, I will personally hunt down and wrist-slap anyone who calls this or this “residual violence”.)