While they tell people back here at home, people who are struggling for clean water or for safe communities or securing our borders, just saying, sorry, there's not enough money. You never hear them actually talk about and tell the American people what is the cost of war in the form of cost in human lives, the form of cost to American taxpayers, form of cost to our economy and to our freedom. Now, my guest today is somebody who asks this question very often. He's a prolific author, foreign policy correspondent, who's gone and traveled to over 50 countries in the world, over five continents. (01:17–01:35)
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Asserts that the true costs of war are not communicated to the public.
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