Bernie Sanders

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts) Mon Mar 4, 2019, 10:05 PM Mar 2019

'The American People Do Not Want Endless War': Sanders, Warren, and Ocasio-Cortez (x-posted from GD)

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'The American People Do Not Want Endless War': Sanders, Warren, and Ocasio-Cortez Back Pledge to Bring Post-9/11 Conflicts to a Close

From the article:

The United States has been in a state of continuous, global, open-ended military conflict since 2001," reads the pledge, which the veterans group Common Defense launched on Monday. "Over 2.5 million troops have fought in this 'Forever War' in over a dozen countries—including Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Jordan, Niger, Somalia, and Thailand."
The five other lawmakers who joined Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders, and Warren as the first supporters of the "End the Forever War" pledge were: Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Rep. Ilhan Omar (Minn.), Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.).

To read more:

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/03/04/american-people-do-not-want-endless-war-sanders-warren-and-ocasio-cortez-back-pledge?cd-

Endless wars that drain the Treasury.
Endless wars that allow politicians to claim that we cannot afford health care for all, or free education, or many other things that most other countries can afford.