2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumSanders to Clinton: Yes, Trump's Foreign Policy Ideas Are Scary. But So Are Yours
Sanders to Clinton: Yes, Trump's Foreign Policy Ideas Are Scary. But So Are Yours'We need a foreign policy based on building coalitions... [not] perpetual warfare in the Middle East'
by Nadia Prupis * June 03, 2016 * Common Dreams
Bernie Sanders responded to Hillary Clinton's foreign policy speech on Thursday with a hit at her credentials, including her involvement in the Iraq War and so-called "regime change" in Libya.
"We need a foreign policy based on building coalitions and making certain that the brave American men and women in our military do not get bogged down in perpetual warfare in the Middle East," he said in a statement. "That's what I will fight for as president."
Earlier Thursday, Clinton gave a speech that laid out her own foreign policy agenda and criticized presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump for his "thin skin" and "dangerously incoherent" ideas.
"Americans aren't just electing a president in November, we're choosing our next commander-in-chief, a person we count on to answer questions of war and peace, life and death," Clinton said. "The person the Republicans have nominated for president cannot do the job."
On that point, Sanders agreed.
However, he added, Clinton wasn't much better.
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/06/03/sanders-clinton-yes-trumps-foreign-policy-ideas-are-scary-so-are-yours
SFnomad
(3,473 posts)Dawgs
(14,755 posts)If not, where is the OP wrong?
Jitter65
(3,089 posts)She has learned from past mistakes but is knowledgeable enough and stable enough to make tough decisions in the future. Trump is scary for what he says he would do going forward. That's what we should be judging Hillary on what she plans on doing going forward. Most of the military brass agree with what she has proposed recently and her suggestion for a no-fly zone, and early help for Syrian rebels was what most in Congress agreed with too. The President decided against that so it never happened.
Deal with the present and who we need to elect going forward not backward.
rateyes
(17,438 posts)including me, aren't looking for the DNC to "accommodate" us. We are going to take the DNC over, or take it down and build a better organization in its place, regardless of how long it takes. We don't want reform. We want (and will get) revolution. The Establishment's days are numbered. Time is on OUR side.
SFnomad
(3,473 posts)rateyes
(17,438 posts)Blanks
(4,835 posts)rateyes
(17,438 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)he can just give his stump speech at the rally
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)rateyes
(17,438 posts)and silent?
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)but their votes don't count more than people who act like adults
Democracy works by voting, not shouting. doxxing, death threats etc.
rateyes
(17,438 posts)can consult the founders about what we should do when people acting like tyrants try to silence the people.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)It's not tyranny for the side that wins the voting to be in charge. That's called democracy.
there is no hecklers' veto in a democracy
rateyes
(17,438 posts)the party best not run the convention the way the Nevada convention was run, or it will get loud and boisterous.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)adhering to the rules
the whole thing will very much be scripted and planned to the minute
there's just not that much voting that occurs. it's mostly an infomercial to promote the nominee
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)Your anger is getting the best of you
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)Bjornsdotter
(6,123 posts)...is checking in daily to see what posters are saying on DU.
ThePhilosopher04
(1,732 posts)Viva_La_Revolution
(28,791 posts)Trump is so nuts that his actions will be blocked by the members of both parties.
The republican party agrees with most of her hawkish policies, so there will only be a few dems to stand up against the next war.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)but he still got Congress to invade the wrong country in retaliation for 9/11; and
Clinton voted for it.
madokie
(51,076 posts)we had just come off of a LIHOP, MIHOP or actual Terrorist attack and that allowed him to be able to do what he and the Dick done. Which was destabilize the middle east like its not been in history leading up to that time. Plus the murder of possibly millions of innocent people and destroying a country. A country who was not a threat to us in anyones imagination.
senz
(11,945 posts)We need better than either of them. We need someone thoughtful and sane who values life. We need Bernie Sanders.
shanti
(21,675 posts)and it's just my 2 cents, is that hillary is, and has always been, the annointed one. the clintons are friends with the trumps. bill talked trump into joining the race, thinking that americans, both dem and rep, would reject him immediately and go to hillary. bernie enters and all hell breaks loose. i don't think trump really wants to be president, and if he IS elected, others will do the governing, just like raygun. anyway...
findrskeep
(713 posts)Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)thanks for finding the confirmation.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)It's not so much "dems" though, it's the 3rd Way interlopers that are the problem.
Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)Clinton had touted the intervention in Libya as smart power at its best, Before the total shit came down and went to hell.
In her book tough choices
SMART POWER AT ITS BEST...
think about that.
madokie
(51,076 posts)they can't be stopped. Simple as that.
Go Bernie Go. We need him more and more as each day passes. He'll be our next President I'm convinced.
As the man said early on 'Don't underestimate me' I will not underestimate him
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)Bill USA
(6,436 posts)99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)but nice try.
trudyco
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Seeinghope
(786 posts)Has six more days to hope that the FBI doesn't indict her before the California Primry.
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