I continue to be utterly mystified.

[randome]

252. My comment was about the politics.

Politicians avoid taking a losing stance whenever possible. It's the nature of the job. And look what occurred. It took years for the majority of the public to realize the entire enterprise was a sham. Years -long enough to ruin the careers of many politicians who might have taken a principled stand.

If Congress avoided funding the war, perhaps it would have been scaled back or even aborted. I doubt it but if taking a consistent (and losing) stand against the war is the measure of a politician, then Sanders was inconsistent. So was Clinton for voting in favor in the first place when she knew as well as anyone that there was nothing to be gained by invading Iraq.

Perhaps Sanders is a little bit less of a politician than Clinton. To me, that doesn't mean all that much.
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