I want an anti-war person as Hillary's VP (no, not Bernie).

[Shemp Howard]

Hillary is not shy about using force. So for her VP pick, I'd like to see someone with strong anti-war credentials, someone who will push back against all the constant one-more-war advice Hillary is sure to get.

And make no mistake about it. She will get that more-war advice. Consider that memo that came out of State recently. Let's bomb Assad. And if that means tangling with Russian fighters, so what?

Two final points. One, I'm not advocating for Bernie here. I voted for him in the primaries, but for many reasons he'd be a poor fit for Hillary's VP. I'll leave it up to this forum to suggest suitable VP candidates.

And two, an anti-war VP is actually a must for Hillary to get my vote. Her past regarding the use of force scares me. No more wars, please.

[Else You Are Mad]

1. Hillary probably...

Will pick a more pro war person so that VP can go out and do the dirty work to get the public support for war and Hillary can keep her hands clean.

[peace13]

4. She doesn't care about clean hands.

Bombs, war and blood on the hands....she has a diary full. She will care that her VP will answer to the machine, should anything happen to her because as she has said....things happen out there.

[realmirage]

8. Do you know anything about our foreign policy?

[Proud Public Servant]

2. Good God, why?

If you're anti-war, why would you want to take a leader who agrees with you and put them in the one place where they will be both powerless to act and powerless to speak out? And if you're convinced Hillary is a hawk, why would her pandering to the pacifists in the party with a veep pick sway you?

[Shemp Howard]

7. The VP has a seat at the table.

In some ways the VP is powerless, as you noted. But the VP does have a seat at the White house conference table, right at the center of power. That's where war discussions are held, and where war decisions are made. War decisions are no longer made in the Congress. Congress has, unfortunately, become just a rubber stamp.

As we all know, Cheney greatly influenced Bush II's decision to invade Iraq. How different things might have been if someone else had been VP.

[Proud Public Servant]

9. But Hillary isn't W

She's not a dimwit or a neophyte, and it's hard to imagine her mind being changed on an issue in which she's as deeply entrenched as foreign affairs. I take your point; I just think it's too optimistic, given Hillary's clear policy preferences.

[leftofcool]

3. Well, best to email her and tell her.

[eastwestdem]

5. Exactly!! nt

[Fumesucker]

11. Spoof it as coming from Henry the K, Hillary will be sure to pay special heed

[Shemp Howard]

12. Sad to have to say it, but that's probably good advice. (nt)

[cpwm17]

6. That would eliminate Elizabeth Warren

Who isn't particularly anti-war

It's a mixed bag:

http://www.ontheissues.org/International/Elizabeth_Warren_War_+_Peace.htm

Bring US troops home from Afghanistan before 2014

Asked about Afghanistan, Warren broke with Obama, saying U.S. troops should be brought home ahead of his 2014 withdrawal date. "We can't stay and rebuild Afghanistan forever," she said. "I think it is time to bring our troops home."

Take nothing off the table with Iran's nuclear weapon

Asked about the possibility that Iran could acquire a nuclear weapon, Brown criticized Warren for not adopting a tough enough response. "We cannot have a nuanced approach that Professor Warren wants," he said.
Warren said she also supports Israel and is opposed to allowing Iran to gain nuclear arms. She also praised Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Obama, saying he's "done a first-rate job. He's taking nothing off the table."

[realmirage]

10. I don't see a mixed bag.

I see a reasonable person saying smart things.

[cpwm17]

13. Threatening war with Iran

and supporting Israel, no matter what they do - screw that. She openly supported Israel's 2014 slaughter against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Her threats against Iran was her sucking up to Israel supporters. We have too much of that in Washington DC.

[realmirage]

14. I don't see any of what you said in that quote

[cpwm17]

15. She openly supported Israel's war crimes, including the bombing of hospitals and schools.

Progressive - NOT

[realmirage]

16. So are we still talking about your quote, or other things now?

[hedgehog]

17. I heard the other day that Hillary put 50 of her people into the State Department

while she was Sec'y. I'm guessing some of them are burrowed in. It's a funny thing, how doing something like this is a way to get the answers you want.

[TwilightZone]

18. OMG, the head of the State Department had the frickin' NERVE to hire some of her own people?

What the hell was she thinking?

[cali]

19. It won't make any difference.

[Orsino]

20. I want my president to repudiate wars for profit.

And to pick a veep accordingly.