Afghan war costs

An article by Phyllis Bennis on the costs of Obama's Afghan war, saying among other things that the war will cost about $100 billion this year, whereas:

And the day of the speech itself was World AIDS Day. The UNAIDS noted that all of its country goals — treatment for 6–7 million people, screening 70 million pregnant women, providing preventive services to 37 million people — could be accomplished with just $25 billion. That’s what the United States will spend fighting in Afghanistan in just three months. Timing matters.