re: What has the US gotten for all that money? Serious question.
And why is killing Iraqis and Afghanis more important than providing health insurance to poor American kids?
That isn't a serious question.
Let me make your question slightly more serious.
Why is the stability of Iraq and Afghanistan more important than improving a system which could provide better health care for poor America kids?
It still isn't a very serious question but it's slightly better in terms of trying to ask an honest question.
"It's reality that is so. What does it say about priorities? What kind of society would go for that?
And another not very serious question [and what appears to be some Yoda statement of "It's reality that is so."].
But I'll try to answer it.
A society that cares about the people in other parts of the world and considers problems in other countries having a direct relationship to it's national security.
Grim, isn't it?
That you think you are asking serious question, is grim indeed.