There is a notion of what is responsible in foreign policy.

That is often not seriously and thoughtfully questioned.

A notion that the expansion of the American military footprint

is always synonymous with enhancing the well-being of ordinary Americans.

Welcome to Deconstructed. I'm Harry Hussain.

When or when are we going to talk foreign policy?

It feels like no matter how many foreign wars the US is fighting,

no matter how many people are dying, no matter how much it matters,

what happens abroad oversees far away.

In the obscure and complex realm of foreign policy,

that feels like a bit of an afterthought

for most of the democratic presidential candidates.

They're not really trying to break down the ideological boundaries

that have defined foreign policy in the way they are with domestic policy.

That's my guest today, the journalist, academic and author Peter Bynard.

On today's show, he and I will be asking and trying to answer the question,

why won't the Democrats take a stronger, more radical stand on changing America's awful,

awful foreign policy?

Here's what really frustrates me.

We're only a few months into the democratic presidential race

and we've already seen candidates from across the political spectrum

make big bold moves on a variety of domestic policy issues.

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