I half agree with Todd Gitlin's recent post on the unfair treatment of Hillary Clinton by some on the left -- it's not like she's a neo-con, after all.

Hillary Clinton is tough, smart, and resilient. She's so much better than anyone the Republicans will put up that it's not even worth discussing.

That being said, there are considerable differences between her and her two top rivals, particularly in the realm of foreign policy -- differences that are worth discussing. 

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As noted in a Washington Post article earlier this week, a vicious war between Mexican drug cartels that has claimed 4,000 lives in the past year and one-half -- more than the level of U.S. deaths over the past four years-plus in Iraq -- is being fueled almost entirely by guns purchased in the United States. Most of the weapons -- which include AK-47s and grenade launchers -- are bought from unlicensed gun dealers in Arizona and smuggled back across the border.

Immigrants in, guns out -- guess which flow is drawing all the outrage?

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