almost a trillion dollars has been spent on the never-ending war in Afghanistan....and the Taliban is winning and gaining territory
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-09-08/afghan-war-has-become-more-expensive-marshall-plan-report
tale a look at the graph that shows what year the expenses were the highest.
Think of what could be done with that money
The really good news is that it looks like we've cut way back on the amount of money we've been flushing down that toilet: