Ron Kovic Questions Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's 'Need to Go to War' 
It remains the case that those in power who call for war are often not the same people whose lives and families bear the brunt of armed conflict. If ever there were an expert on war's costs—physical, psychological and political—it would be Vietnam veteran, author and activist Ron Kovic, who gave voice to the voiceless and put the unspeakable into words in his memoir, "Born on the Fourth of July," and in his newest book, "Hurricane Street."
In fact, Kovic has lived with that knowledge for nearly half a century, after being wounded and paralyzed from the chest down while serving in Vietnam as a United States Marine Corps sergeant in 1968. During a Facebook Live session at Truthdig headquarters on Thursday, Kovic posed some questions that presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton should have to answer.
"Both [candidates] running for president are talking about 'the need to go to war,' " Kovic said. "Define that for me ... what's that going to mean? What are you going to do, send troops to Syria? What's going to be the result of that?"
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Fast & Furious 2.0 -- CIA Weapons Destined for Syria "Stolen" --
If invading countries and drone bombing innocent civilians were not enough to promote death and destruction in the Middle East, the U.S. is also helping to flood the region with small arms.
As part of its effort to foment regime change in Syria, the CIA has been buying Kalashnikov assault rifles, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades in Eastern Europe for delivery to "moderate" Syrian rebels. However, it's been revealed that truckloads of these weapons are being systematically stolen in route to the rebels.
"The stolen weapons were then sold on the black market in Jordan at bazaars in Ma'an, Sahab, and in the Jordan Valley. Those involved in the theft scheme, worth millions of dollars, used the profits to purchase expensive SUVs, electronics, and other luxury goods.
It is also believed that some of the stolen weapons were used to kill two Americans and three others at a police training facility shooting in Amman in November."
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cia-weapons-stolen-jordan.
