Robert Reich (Obama's Political Capital and the Slippery Slope of Syria)

Robert Reich (Obama's Political Capital and the Slippery Slope of Syria):

 "Time and again we have seen domestic agendas succumb to military adventures abroad — both because the military-industrial-congressional complex drains money that might otherwise be used for domestic goals, and because the public’s attention is diverted from urgent problems at home to exigencies elsewhere around the globe."