Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren Jointly Urge Against War With Iran

[Uncle Joe]

Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, two of the leading Democratic presidential candidates, joined forces on Wednesday to help rally progressive opposition to a war with Iran and to blame President Trump for his role in the Middle East crisis even as the threat of open conflict appeared to subside.

In a call on Wednesday night that included thousands of listeners and was hosted by MoveOn and other left-leaning advocacy groups, Ms. Warren acknowledged that there appeared to be “a pause in the hostilities, for now” after Mr. Trump, earlier in the day, backed away from further military action against Iran and said the United States was “ready to embrace peace with all who seek it.”

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Mr. Sanders, Independent of Vermont, who followed about 25 minutes later, sounded a somber note as he discussed what he called a “very, very dangerous moment in American history.” He recalled that people he knew had been killed in Vietnam and said he had been lied to repeatedly as a member of Congress about reasons for entering war in Iraq. And like Ms. Warren, he sought to hold Mr. Trump directly responsible for the crisis.

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“This country has enormous needs,” he said. “We have to invest in affordable housing, invest in education. You know what we don’t have to invest in? We don’t have to invest in another endless war.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/08/us/politics/bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-iran.html

[TidalWave46]

1. " Mr. Sanders, Independent of Vermont, who followed"

Good on Sanders.

[Skidmore]

2. I have yet to hear

one Democratic candidate or member of Congress support war with Iran. So much for "me first" aggrandizement.

[Uncle Joe]

3. Bernie wasn't first,

did't you just read the post above yours'?

[Skidmore]

4. Semantics

since these two are being promoted as a ticket. But whatever saves face.

[myohmy2]

5. kudos to both...

...we have some strong courageous people in this Party...

...makes me proud...

[58Sunliner]

6. Were they the only ones?? Oh no, they weren't.