NEWSFLASH: Bernie Sanders was NOT a Conscientious Objector during Vietnam.

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12. Also, that was what, 45 years ago? 50?

If Hillary can evolve on marriage rights and get so many votes wrong on so many issues, couldn't a young man with pacifist notions see the world differently as he gets older? As the world changes, the culture changes and such. I certainly see the world differently as an older adult than I did at age 26. I would hope a person matures and and sees the world anew as he/she experiences life.

There was a huge counter culture and resistance to to the Vietnam war. It is very easy to see how reasonable people young or old were confused about what we were there for. War is always ugly and horrible. Sometimes it is necessary. I am grateful for the Veterans who defend us, please don't get me wrong. I also applaud those who dared question the authority.

Many DUers are able to point to GWB and Cheney as leading us into a horrible war in Iraq and question the legitimacy of that war. If we want a more perfect union, if we want a more just society than we have to question our sending so many troops to so many places and all the blood spilled. We are to provide for the common defense - Is that what was happening in Vietnam? Is that what was happening in Iraq?

I know I am just some guy and am told quite often that I don't understand the geopolitical nuances and such that require our troops to go into harms way - but it seems to me that we need a person with good conscious and a strong moral compass and sense of justice to lead us. Bernie has demonstrated these qualities again and again.