Will Bernie Sanders engage in demagoguery against Hillary Clinton re Iraq War Resolution

[HassleCat]

132. I must be a revisionist

At the time the resolution came before congress, I said it amounted to a blank check for the Bush administration to carry out the wishes of the chickenhawks, as outlined in the PNAC white paper, "Rebuilding America's Aggressive War Machine." Not sure I got the title correct, there. Throughout the process, the UN weapon inspectors informed anybody who would listen that they had things well under control in Iraq. When Colin Powell appeared on TV and spoke about WMD, many people knew it was a phony deal from one end to the other, and we urged our congressional representatives to try to stop the invasion Bush so obviously wanted. Some did speak out against it, and some did not, so it's a legitimate question to ask various candidates for various offices what they did to oppose the phony invasion. I guess they can answer any way they want, including claiming voting for the blank check was the right way to get UN inspectors back into Iraq. Then we can evaluate the answers and figure for whom we want to vote, I that's an important issue to us. It is to me, because I'm upset that the chickenhawks and neocons has such an easy time duping congress, and so few members were smart enough to see what was really going on. Ask the question and let the chips fall where they may. Same for asking Sanders about gun control and why he voted for the liability exemption for the firearms industry. Ask tough questions and see how the candidates respond.