80% of International Relations Scholars Prefer Hillary Clinton Over Bernie Sanders

[MrWendel]

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/23/1489997/-80-of-International-Relations-Scholars-Prefer-Hillary-Clinton-Over-Bernie-Sanders

By Brysynner

Foreign Policy: Snap Poll: Who Will Make the Best Foreign Policy President?

Between the two remaining democratic candidates, the vast majority of IR scholars in our sample — 80 percent — indicated that Hillary Clinton would most effectively manage foreign policy as president. (Bernie Sanders received the remaining 20 percent of responses.)
These scholars also name conflict in the Middle East, Global Climate Change, and Russia’s renewed aggressiveness as the top 3 foreign policy issues and the top two ways to combat terrorism is to block finances from getting to terrorists and special operations forces.

Now seems like a good time to note that Bernie Sanders has gone the longest any major candidate has gone since the 1980 election in not naming a foreign policy team which could explain why International Relations scholars are skeptical about Bernie’s foreign policy.

[thereismore]

1. Are those peacemakers like she is?

I am very impressed. I will start supporting her now.

[valerief]

3. My first thought, too. International Relations Expert means Loves War and the Money It Brings,

doesn't it?

[NurseJackie]

2. Because THEY are smart ... and so is Hillary !!!

This is one of the reasons she's WINNING ... and why Bernie is doing so poorly in the polls. The math is against him, and it's clear that Bernie will NOT be the nominee!

[PyaarRevolution]

4. Libya and Iraq.

Both bad decisions and only one you can blame on Bush. This regime change stupidity didn't work with Mossadegh in Iran or Salvador Allende in Chile. Sure it bought stability for us as Americans with those countries for a time but Pinoche and the Shah were AWFUL leaders to those people, the former killed thousands if not tens of thousands and I'm not sure about the Shah.
Please Jackie, I'm begging you to read "Economic Hitman" to understand why Hillary following those stupid policies don't work.

[TM99]

5. Oh, this is one of those 'snap polls' that Clinton

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supporters say are not science right?

OK, so looking at the article, who exactly are the IR 'scholars' that were polled. There are ZERO names.

And damn it, wouldn't you know, Foreign Policy magazine is owned by the Washington Post Group. Aren't they the ones that ran with the Sanders was never in the civil rights movement and those photos are not him? Why yes, yes indeed they are.

More bullshit media propaganda from the Clinton side. Thanks for sharing!

[amborin]

11. ^^ this ^^

[PeterGM]

6. Impressive... She also has the credentials to back it up...

We'll see this election which will matter most: the Economy or Foreign policy...

[MrWendel]

12. It doesn't take ....

either or to be president. I'm not sure why people haven't figured out that the Presidency is more than income inequality.

[cali]

7. Lol. Hilly the neocon right-wing coup supporter

My number two reason for not supporting her.

After her corruption, of course.

[Attorney in Texas]

8. When Sanders says "If We Can Rebuild Villages in Iraq, We Can Damn Well Rebuild Flint, Michigan," he

is not winning many votes among International Relations Scholars.

Sanders' platform includes an expansive domestic agenda to improve life for the middle class and less advantaged here in the USA. Part of how Sanders pays for this is cutting back on the foreign military, which is like cutting the food rations for International Relations Scholars who make a living advising about foreign conflicts.

When I hear that ONLY 80% International Relations Scholars prefer a warmonger like Hillary Clinton over a peace advocate like Bernie Sanders, I think "god bless that 20% for putting America's interests over their selfish career ambitions."

[DemocraticWing]

9. You've got it backwards.

The fact that IR scholars are all backing Hillary is why Bernie's had a hard time assembling a team. Most of the Democratic Party institutions that could supply such scholarship and advice are being told to keep quiet when Bernie comes knocking, so Clinton can hit him on it.

Also, if you know many IR scholars, you would know they aren't very liberal overall, and tend to function in the same circles that somebody like Hillary Clinton and her friends (State Department, Council on Foreign Relations, etc.) are part of.

[zappaman]

10. Likely they don't know Hillary was a Goldwater Girl when she was 17.

Once that goes out, she's toast.

[TheLogicalSong]

13. Thanks for letting me know.

When we try to get the poor and working class to feel the Bern, their top question is what the international relations scholars think of him.

[Jefferson23]

14. On the surface that looks good for her. I would like very much to know who these 700

out of over 4000 IR scholars are. I couldn't find anything about them at the links.