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romana

(765 posts)
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 07:47 PM Feb 2016

Foreign Policy Questions Push Bernie Sanders Out of Comfort Zone

Senator Bernie Sanders was asked on Sunday about the North Korean missile launch that took place while he was appearing the previous night on “Saturday Night Live,” and he answered without once discussing how he would contain or confront the renegade nuclear state, or persuade China to control its ally.

In fact, he never once mentioned North Korea, telling his interviewer, John Dickerson of CBS News, that Hillary Clinton had “voted for the war” — the Iraq war, 14 years ago — and reassuring him that “I can put together a strong team to provide great foreign policy.”

A few days earlier, in a debate with Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Sanders was asked whether he would keep troops in Afghanistan to deal with the Taliban surge. He answered without ever discussing Afghanistan, but warned against a “quagmire” in Iraq and Syria.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/09/us/politics/foreign-policy-questions-push-bernie-sanders-out-of-comfort-zone.html

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Foreign Policy Questions Push Bernie Sanders Out of Comfort Zone (Original Post) romana Feb 2016 OP
Foreign policy questions clearly demonstrates Dawson Leery Feb 2016 #1
Clearly.. he lives in the past. Blames his lack of FP on Hillary. Cha Feb 2016 #2
The answer is so simple. Bomb the shit out of them, women and children be damned. jeepers Feb 2016 #3
He is a straw man. Tommy2Tone Feb 2016 #4

jeepers

(314 posts)
3. The answer is so simple. Bomb the shit out of them, women and children be damned.
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 08:00 PM
Feb 2016

Isn't that what all of the other candidates argue for and agree on? Why is Sanders being so difficult? Its that damned judgement thingy isn't it? Gets in the way of quick easy solutions.

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