Bernie Sanders repudiates the Monroe Doctrine during prime time.
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During the questioning about Cuba and Nicaragua, during last night's debate, Bernie Sanders did something unprecedented. He repudiated the Monroe Doctrine, a nearly two hundred old U.S. policy of interference with the affairs of Latin America. Not only that when he criticized the U.S. policy of regime change in Latin America, he got Hillary Clinton on record implicitly agreeing with the Reagan support of the Contras in Nicaragua. When Bernie Sanders criticized regime change in Latin America Hillary Clinton could had agreed with him in the wrongness of such a policy, but instead she implied he was a communist.
In this exchange Bernie finally made Hillary admit her true neocon bonafides.
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That's why she called Kissinger "my old friend".
Kissinger was the architect of the Vietnam war, so it was interesting that she went out of her way to hug and kiss Henry that way.
I'm old enough to remember when Kissinger was the most reviled Republican in Nixon's administration.
Other than Nixon himself.
Blah, blah, blah...
And then covered Clinton getting on Bernie for his stance on Castro/Cuba in the 1980's.
Did they then mention anything that included Clinton, Libya, Nicaragua/Latin America...ZIP.
So blatantly bias.
Very informative and intelligent observation.
(Helpful hint- Might want to correct you last sentence)
