I read that it did cost less than the "stimulus" package.
You are correct, all hell is going to break loose over there. I don't see us being out 100% or even close to it, UNFORTUNATELY!
What we should do, is what Mike Savage once said. Pull our troops out, let all the troglodytes come back and harbor their terrorism there, then bomb the shit out of them. No more American casualties and be done with it, once and for all.

None of this hand to hand combat, figuratively speaking. No more, wait till you get fired upon to fire back. No more body bags coming to the States or limbs being blown off.