post hydra cells by waging a war in afghanistan, waging a war in iraq? i don't think so. yet we've killed bin laden, what's changed today. >> again, to that end, $800 billion was the cost of$400 billion the cost of the war in afghanistan. the overall cost between 9/11 and bin laden's death, $1.3 trillion. and the guy's living in the suburbs of islamabad next to the pakistani west point. we know after this wave breaks, we're going to be back on the debt ceiling. what are we doing? >> so, this was an expensive execution operation, but i think we're asking exactly the right question. the question is, now, so the goal from day one, from 9/11, was we are now, we the americans are going to hunt down and kill osama bin laden. you've done that. when does the peace dividend start? when does america say, okay, mission accomplished and now it's time to start spending that money somewhere else. and you know what, there are lots of places at home where i think america can spend the money. >> did the iraq and afghan operations -- >> were they relevant? >> -- contribute at all? >> i think that's a great question. historians should answer it. there's an even easier question we should be