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Let me get this straight,

Intellectually Honest — Sun, 09 Aug 2015 18:28:25 +0000

Let me get this straight, Hillary Clinton is the environmental candidate of choice because environmental groups aren't even endorsing her and you're naive and ignorant enough to take her grandiose campaign promises seriously but Bernie Sanders is pandering because he's not running a campaign based on empty promises but actual solutions? Not sure if troll or just stupid.

He isn't very enthusiastic

Aaron Carine — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 00:15:36 +0000

In reply to Originally, you claimed

He isn't very enthusiastic about it, but he does support the air war.

http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-statement-...

I heard him say he supports

Aaron Carine — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 10:17:14 +0000

In reply to Originally, you claimed

I heard him say he supports the war against ISIS. I presumed that meant supporting the war in both Iraq and Syria. If he has said that he only supports fighting them in Iraq, I didn't hear it(although that doesn't prove he didn't say it, of course). Yeah, what I heard him say on television is persuasive, but I probably should have dug up a link. I'll try to do that,but now I have to go to work.

Originally, you claimed

HSG — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 00:59:55 +0000

In reply to Once again, I'm talking about

Originally, you claimed Sanders supported the wars in Syria and Iraq. You have, without quite acknowledging it, apparently pulled back on your claim that Sanders supports military intervention in Syria. You still contend he supports military troops in Iraq. Your evidence: you saw it on TV somewhere maybe CNN. Do you really think that's persuasive in light of Sanders' specific votes against current military spending levels as too high?

Once again, I'm talking about

Aaron Carine — Sun, 02 Aug 2015 20:57:59 +0000

In reply to Bernie Sanders on Syrian

Once again, I'm talking about Sanders stance on the current war, not Obama's war mongering in 2013. He wants to cut military spending, but that doesn't change the fact that he supports the war with ISIS.

Bernie Sanders on Syrian

HSG — Sun, 02 Aug 2015 16:57:04 +0000

In reply to The stuff in Hal's link doesn

Bernie Sanders on Syrian military intervention on 9/10/13:

I believe that the American people share the president’s concerns about chemical weapons in Syria and the brutal Assad dictatorship. But, in overwhelming numbers, Vermonters are telling me they want those issues addressed diplomatically by the UN and the international community – not by unilateral military action on the part of the U.S.

I am pleased to see that the president and his administration are now working with Russia, France, the UK, China and the United Nations to remove chemical weapons from Syria – without involving the United States in the bloody and complicated Syrian civil war. This is a good step forward.

http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-reacts-to-...

Bernie Sanders on continuing American presence in Iraq:

The opposite of a defense hawk

US soldiers and civilian personnel in the defense department are often expected to salute and keep complaints to themselves, regardless of who the president of the United States happens to be. It might be difficult for the Pentagon to perform that task if Bernie Sanders is sent to the Oval Office—not because those manning the forts personally despise Bernie as a person, but because the four branches of the US military will be experiencing cutbacks when and if Sanders is elected.

For the military at best, a Sanders administration would seek to curtail defense spending to a level that would make Republicans and moderate Democrats very nervous. The senior senator from Vermont has been and remains highly critical of how the Pentagon spends its money, and consistently brings up the fact that the United States spends more on defense than the next ten most militarily active countries combined.

Sanders hasn’t voted “yea” on a National Defense Authorization Act since FY2011 (he voted no on the FY12, FY13, and FY14 NDAAs), and he’s called this year’s Republican-led Senate Armed Services Committee’s NDAA a measure out-of-step with what Americans really care about: sending their kids to college, taking care of the elderly, and repairing the country’s crumbling infrastructure.

http://qz.com/422442/what-would-a-president-bernie-sanderss-foreign-poli...

The stuff in Hal's link doesn

Aaron Carine — Sun, 02 Aug 2015 14:57:27 +0000

In reply to Bernie Sanders does not

The stuff in Hal's link doesn't say anything about the current war. I saw Sanders on television(I think CNN) expressing support.

It's more fair to assume you

HSG — Sun, 02 Aug 2015 13:09:00 +0000

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It's more than fair to assume you have zero evidence for these unsubstantiated allegations else you'd have provided it.

Policy positions taken by

Peter — Sun, 02 Aug 2015 06:38:17 +0000

In reply to Bernie Sanders does not

Policy positions taken by candidates during an election season are beyond suspect, a review of past positions offers a more realistic and reliable gage to predict future performance.

The Sandernistas are showing up around the web to counter any Bad Bernie talk, one i read even called BLM racist to highlight how inclusive this group is.

But. i'm beginning to think that many of the Bernie boosters are actually closet royalists worried what baggage he will bring to his Mistress when his sheepdog work is done.

Bernie Sanders does not

HSG — Sun, 02 Aug 2015 05:44:00 +0000

In reply to Sanders supports the war we

Bernie Sanders does not support the current military interventions in Iraq and Syria. http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-reacts-to-... http://www.ontheissues.org/International/Bernie_Sanders_War_+_Peace.htm