Hillary’s Hawkish Side Won’t Win Over Progressives

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14. Who is going to pay the cost of her adventurism? Veterans and their families know.

So do taxpayers and communities burdened with a moribund economy and staggering debt. Likewise several million people caught in the meat grinder of the Syrian civil war and its violent overflow.

But hey, lets be realistic. Wars happen and innocents die in them. Taxes are paid to make sure we don't die here, regardless of where "there" happens to be. Veterans and their families knew what they signed up for long before any bullets flew. It's the price of freedom, isn't it?

Or is it?

What are the alternatives?

Isn't that what genuine leadership and functional diplomacy are supposed to be about?

Or could it also be about the bottom line for Lockheed Martin, Boeing and the other purveyors of mass destruction systems on a convenient payment schedule?

Things that make you go "Hmmmm?"