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ziq wrote (edited )

https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/no-bernies-not-anti-war/

In 1998 Sanders voted in favor of the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998, which said: ‘It should be the policy of the United States to support efforts to remove the regime headed by Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq and to promote the emergence of a democratic government to replace that regime.’

“Later that same year, Sanders also backed a resolution that stated: ‘Congress reaffirms that it should be the policy of the United States to support efforts to remove the regime headed by Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq and to promote the emergence of a democratic government to replace that regime.’ These measures gave congressional backing for the CIA’s covert plan to overthrow the Hussein regime in Baghdad, as well as the tightening of an economic sanctions regime that may have killed as many as 500,000 Iraqi children.

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Waken OP wrote

He actually lies frequently about his voting record in his campaign materials.

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ziq wrote (edited )

The people who support him won't even care about any of this stuff if we're being honest. So long as they get promised free stuff, they'll ignore the blood on his hands. It's the USAmerican way.

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ziq wrote

And no, he won't actually give them the promised free stuff. He'd be stonewalled every step of the way.

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