[NYCynic]

Re: Or worse yet put our lives on the lines so some politician's corporate cronies can make a couple of more millions.
No blood for oil, right?

Wrong. Oil is something we all need. On the other hand, how does a McDonald's in Beijing or a Coke machine in Kandahar benefit anyone other than the shareholders of the above corporations.

[Modernman]

On the other hand, how does a McDonald's in Beijing or a Coke machine in Kandahar benefit anyone other than the shareholders of the above corporations.

We're not engaged in wars in either of those two places, to my knowledge.

[The Great Yazoo]

how does a McDonald's in Beijing or a Coke machine in Kandahar benefit anyone other than the shareholders of the above corporations.

Those corporations' rights to seek customers (as well as suppliers) where they can find them is at the heart of American freedom. That's how it benefits others than the (exceedingly numerous I might add) shareholders of those corporations.

If folks want to start a trade war, make the case for war in the first place. I'll proudly support my country honoring a war-time embargo on enemy products. But don't try to treat trade restriction as a way to war on the cheap.