Bernie Sanders introduces himself to the Jewish community in Iowa
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Touting his Democratic-socialist values, the Jewish Senator compared himself to the first Prime Minister of the State of Israel. “I believe David Ben Gurion was a Democratic socialist,” he remarked when asked to differentiate between liberalism and his socialist views. He mentioned working at a kibbutz earlier in his life and visiting Israel as an elected official several times.
He also promised, “The security of Israel will be very important to me.” Adding that it goes without saying that Israelis must be guaranteed to live their lives with security without the fear of terror attacks. But he also emphasized, “At the end of the day what we are going to need is a two-state solution.”
Sanders repeated comments he had made in the past that his Judaism in the post-Holocaust era has shaped his policial philosophy in a “very deep way.”
“A guy named Adolf Hitler won an election in 1932. He won an election, and 50 million people died as a result of that election in World War II, including 6 million Jews. So what I learned as a little kid is that politics is, in fact, very important,” he asserted.
Adding: “Historically, the Jewish people have been strong advocates fighting discrimination and fighting for social and economic justice.”
http://www.jewishjournal.com/nation/article/bernie_sanders_introduces_himself_to_the_jewish_community_in_iowa
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Some Jews believe the definition of a Zionist is someone who goes on Aliyah- period !
You keep quoting that as if Bernie meant something else... Some kind of wishful thinking.... LOL
Bernie Sanders will be the first Jewish President and already is very strong supporter of Israel.
A more enthusiastic supporter of the Jewish state than any other candidate currently running for president. The only candidate to have lived in Israel.
Bernie Sanders compares himself to David Ben Gurion - one of Zionisms foremost HERO...
His views on Israel are identical to half the posters here in this group and absolutely opposite of the ones sporting Bernie Sanders avatars ..... Ha ha ha ha ha ha
this group- especially me
eta you seem to ignore my query about Hillary and where is it that you wish Bernie to go?
as you claim in your link
all of the bills mention are at least 4+ years old BTW
S. Res. 138: calling on the United Nations to rescind the Goldstone report, formally known as the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, which accused the Israeli government of targeting Palestinian civilians.S. Res. 185: reaffirming the commitment of the US to a negotiated settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and calling for a US veto of any UN resolution on Palestinian statehood without a settlement.
S. Con. Res. 23: supporting Israel in maintaining defensible borders, and against Israel returning to the armistice lines that existed on June 4, 1967
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1134110822#post8
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1134&pid=113926
linking to a repeat reply on the same thread my someone's clever
Bernie Sanders opposed the 2003 invasion of Iraq and subsequent occupation of that country.
Sanders wanted to get out of Afghanistan from 2011 much faster than the timetable announced by President Obama. Obama has now more or less extended a US military presence in Afghanistan, advertised as a training mission, indefinitely. My reading of Sanders is that he would get out of that country entirely.
A President Bernie Sanders would endorse the Iran negotiations of the Obama administration. He said of the talks,
“While much more work remains to be done this framework is an important step forward. It is imperative that Iran not get a nuclear weapon. It also is imperative that we do everything we can to reach a diplomatic solution and avoid never-ending war in the Middle East. I look forward to examining the details of this agreement and making sure that it is effective ?and strong.”
Note that Sanders accepts the Washington consensus that Iran is trying to get a nuclear weapon, which Iran denies. Sanders has slammed the GOP obstructionists of the talks for “itching” for a war with Iran. He himself says that a war with Iran should be avoided ‘at all costs.’ However, it is not clear what he would do if the current talks broke down and he became convinced as president that the Iranians had developed a nuclear weapons program.
Sanders opposed the US taking the lead in the aerial campaign against Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) in Iraq and Syria, asking where the Arabs were and saying that American kids shouldn’t be dying to protect Saudi Arabia. The money spent on that bombing, he said, should have gone to help the US middle classes.
But Sanders also did say that the US should be “supportive” of the Gulf Cooperation Council and Jordan and Iraq in their campaigns against Daesh. It is not clear to me what this stance implies. Should the US do less bombing and insist the GCC do more? But that there should be some US bombing is not in question?
http://www.juancole.com/2015/04/president-bernie-sanders.html
This is what I think of Juan Cole trashing Bernie:
Fuck Juan Cole
With a Bernie Sanders avatar , says he disagrees with Bernie Sanders on that single issue .
LOL
Do you "get" it ?
see nuance.
