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Related: About this forumNew Bernie Sanders Campaign Ad Vows to End U.S. Quagmires in the Middle East
http://www.nationofchange.org/news/2016/01/21/new-bernie-sanders-campaign-ad-vows-to-end-u-s-quagmires-in-the-middle-east/?fit=800%2C420
Focusing on his foreign policy experience, Sen. Bernie Sanders released a new presidential campaign ad on Wednesday promising to protect the lives of American citizens while refusing to sacrifice more U.S. troops ensnared within quagmires of perpetual conflict throughout the Middle East. After learning the bitter lessons of Vietnam and Iraq, Sen.
Sanders has taken a wiser approach to engaging enemies of the state who also present a clear and present danger to our allies.
As president, I will defend this nation but I will do it responsibly, Sanders declared in the campaign ad. I voted against the war in Iraq, and that was the right vote. We must never forget the lessons of that experience.
Titled Defend this Nation, the presidential campaign ad highlights Sanders consistency in refusing to declare war against countries that are not an imminent threat to the American people. In 2002, then-Rep. Sanders voted against sending troops into Iraq and led the opposition against the war. Although Vice President Dick Cheney lied about Iraq possessing weapons of mass destruction and the Bush administration was responsible for waging an unjustified war, discarding civil liberties, and sanctioning torture, most of Congress blindly accepted their lies and became willing accomplices in their crimes.
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New Bernie Sanders Campaign Ad Vows to End U.S. Quagmires in the Middle East (Original Post)
eridani
Jan 2016
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slipslidingaway
(21,210 posts)1. Defend this Nation | Bernie Sanders
mhatrw
(10,786 posts)2. "It's time to end the quagmire of perpetual warfare in the Middle East."
Not if Hillaburton gets her way!
slipslidingaway
(21,210 posts)3. We'll try and not that happen :) nt