Bernie Sanders Had A Great Response To War Hawks

[cali]

-- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday offered a striking rebuttal to criticisms of his anti-war views, saying that he is opposed to war because of its lasting physical and mental toll on America’s veterans.

“War should be in my view, the last resort of a great nation. We should explore every other option -- and I know that opens up the political types: ‘Oh, you’re wimpy. You don’t want to go to war.’ Well, I don’t accept that. I’ve talked to too many people who came home without legs, without eyesight, with traumatic brain injury,” he said in an interview with the Des Moines Register.

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On Thursday, Sanders also defended the Iran nuclear deal, criticizing opponents of the deal who say the United States should just impose more economic sanctions.

“Do I particularly trust Iran? No, I don’t,” he said. “But I think that this agreement has enough mechanisms in it to say to Iran that if they break the agreement, we’re going to snap back those sanctions, and they will be punished severely, and military force always remains an option. But I think we should do everything we can to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon without having to go to war.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-veterans_55e8b4c3e4b002d5c07577eb

[Vattel]

1. I wish Clinton had as much clarity on the seriousness of war.

[neverforget]

3. "'Don't do stupid stuff' is not an organizing principle" Hillary Clinton

Iraq was stupid stuff.

[jfern]

9. When she attacked Obama

for not doing enough to arm the jihadists in Syria, she truly proved her foreign policy is "do stupid stuff".

[teach me everything]

2. God, I am LOVING the comments

People are definitely feeling the Bern.

[ion_theory]

4. This is exactly why the MSM will not give Bernie even a fraction of the airtime the rest get.

It's hard to argue with how concisely Bernie makes his arguments. Also actually telling the truth helps.

[m-lekktor]

5. Fuck the war hawks.

I say this as a navy vet. and fuck the people who think his request for conscientious objector status was a bad thing

[rhett o rick]

6. Frack the MIC and their politician puppets. nm

[Uncle Joe]

7. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, cali.

[left-of-center2012]

8. Bernie seems to be opposed to endless wars

Some (not I) see it as a weakness to be exploited.

[in_cog_ni_to]

10. I'm just not seeing

how this man can lose the election - even with the irrelevant MSM Bernie blackout. He's on the correct side of all the most important issues. And that side is the same side the majority in this country is on.

[Armstead]

11. Whole interview on video is here

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/media/cinematic/video/71667366/full-sen-bernie-sanders-with-register-editorial-board/