As a general principle, going back all the way to our founding, the United States military does not leave its men and women in uniform behind when they are held by the enemy in captivity.
Jay Carney emphasizes the principle that the U.S. military does not abandon its personnel in enemy captivity.
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I don't think there's anybody in the United States in any position of leadership who would want American men and women in uniform stationed in a foreign country without that kind of agreement and without that kind of protection.
I think she has to -- here's a piece of documented evidence that she can point to, which is the economist who say, overwhelmingly, that Trump's economic proposals will drive inflation up and hers won't.
I think what we have to see is whether or not the extreme rhetoric that we have heard from Republicans, that you just cited will be matched by extreme action.
The answer, although it might have been appealing sometimes and it can be appealing in retrospect, is not always the use of military force without end and without a logical plan to reach success.