I'm sure that your logic is comforting to all the state, city, town, and municipalities in the country. Why is it that if doesn't cost as much as the war that it is OK to spend money.
That is the same logic when a spouse spends money that is not in the budget but justifies it by saying that it was on sale. Regardless how you look at it someone (taxpayers’) have to pay for everything our governments do. When does fiscal responsibility come into play?