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Recursion

(56,582 posts) Tue Dec 23, 2014, 04:22 AM Dec 2014

Manny's thread has made me ask this: what's Warren's foreign policy like?

I know she's vaguely hawkish, likes to be seen as pro-Israel, and doesn't (as far as I've seen) bring up military spending in the context of her fiscal preferences. She voted for the House version of the NDAA this year, for instance. What is her position on military spending, and the use of the US military? And what does she say about US foreign policy in general?

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Manny's thread has made me ask this: what's Warren's foreign policy like? (Original Post) Recursion Dec 2014 OP

Great questions Boreal Dec 2014 #1

BS , Obama has been critical of Israel and picked people like HAgel and Kerry JI7 Dec 2014 #6

LOL: "And especially important as the US is trying to foment WWIII" FSogol Dec 2014 #12

from everything i have seen her views are similar to Hillary Clinton JI7 Dec 2014 #2

Yeah, that's been my read as well Recursion Dec 2014 #3

She doesn't (hasn't), as far as I've heard. Control-Z Dec 2014 #4

Agreed: this is all reading tea leaves and bird entrails at this point Recursion Dec 2014 #5

her vote for defense spending could be seen as similar to Mary LAndrieu's support for drilling JI7 Dec 2014 #7

We only know her views on one issue-the banks apples and oranges Dec 2014 #8

We need another FDR... economic populist with a strong belief in kicking ass. nt Ykcutnek Dec 2014 #9

Good questions. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2014 #10

Frankly she's all over the place and says what she thinks people want to hear. ucrdem Dec 2014 #11

What's Chris Christie's? What's Scott Walker's? PAProgressive28 Dec 2014 #13

Who cares? Also, HRC now has several years of actual FP experience. ucrdem Dec 2014 #14

If DUers were advocating drafting them to run I would ask Recursion Dec 2014 #16

Wow, few responses. I guess her strong supporters really don't know what it is they are supporting.. Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #15

Guess we'll find out during the primaries when they state their positions. Meanwhile... RiverLover Dec 2014 #17

On arming Syrian rebels and Iran sanctions: AtomicKitten Dec 2014 #18

Good info. Thanks for the links. nt RiverLover Dec 2014 #19

Just a couple issues off the top of my head. AtomicKitten Dec 2014 #20

Hawkish. She thinks the number one priority of the US should be to destroy ISIS. Nye Bevan Dec 2014 #21

Boreal

(725 posts)

1. Great questions

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Tue Dec 23, 2014, 04:38 AM

Dec 2014

And especially important as the US is trying to foment WWIII.

I had no idea she was pro Israel and voted for the NDAA! Of course, very few have the guts to not kiss Zionist ass or they will take you out come the next election.

JI7

(89,254 posts)

6. BS , Obama has been critical of Israel and picked people like HAgel and Kerry

Reply to Boreal (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 23, 2014, 04:42 AM

Dec 2014

to be in his administration even though the right wing pro israel groups didn't want them.

if she is pro israel it's most likely because it's her position.

FSogol

(45,493 posts)

12. LOL: "And especially important as the US is trying to foment WWIII"

Reply to Boreal (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 23, 2014, 04:12 PM

Dec 2014

Your spittle flying rhetoric got loose and is running around the neighborhood!

Double LOL at: "very few have the guts to not kiss Zionist ass or they will take you out come the next election."

They! Ooooooh, scary!

JI7

(89,254 posts)

2. from everything i have seen her views are similar to Hillary Clinton

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Tue Dec 23, 2014, 04:40 AM

Dec 2014

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

3. Yeah, that's been my read as well

Reply to JI7 (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 23, 2014, 04:42 AM

Dec 2014

But I haven't seen any actual position papers or anything, so that might be posturing.

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)

4. She doesn't (hasn't), as far as I've heard.

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Tue Dec 23, 2014, 04:42 AM

Dec 2014

"And what does she say about US foreign policy in general?"

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

5. Agreed: this is all reading tea leaves and bird entrails at this point

Reply to Control-Z (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 23, 2014, 04:42 AM

Dec 2014

My take as of right now is that it's not an issue she's been interested in spending any political capital on.

JI7

(89,254 posts)

7. her vote for defense spending could be seen as similar to Mary LAndrieu's support for drilling

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Tue Dec 23, 2014, 04:48 AM

Dec 2014

it's about supporting industry in their home states.

apples and oranges

(1,451 posts)

8. We only know her views on one issue-the banks

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Tue Dec 23, 2014, 04:04 PM

Dec 2014

I'm guessing she's conservative on social and foreign policy issues, otherwise we'd hear more from her about it. That's why she can't run for president: Democrats would have a hard time accepting a social conservative/ warhawk, and republicans would have a hard time with her views on fiscal policy.

Ykcutnek

(1,305 posts)

9. We need another FDR... economic populist with a strong belief in kicking ass. nt

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Tue Dec 23, 2014, 04:06 PM

Dec 2014

Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)

10. Good questions.

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Tue Dec 23, 2014, 04:09 PM

Dec 2014

ucrdem

(15,512 posts)

11. Frankly she's all over the place and says what she thinks people want to hear.

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Tue Dec 23, 2014, 04:09 PM

Dec 2014

"Isis is our No. 1 priority, Katie, and let me tell you about how I fought my heart out yadda yadda. Oops. Obama wants to fund something? I'm agin' it! Next! "

She's a nice consumer advocate but so was Nader. Looking for more than that is a game for suckers.

PAProgressive28

(270 posts)

13. What's Chris Christie's? What's Scott Walker's?

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Tue Dec 23, 2014, 04:21 PM

Dec 2014

It only seems to be Warren questioned on this.

Can't wait to see Hillary challenged by a real Democrat.

ucrdem

(15,512 posts)

14. Who cares? Also, HRC now has several years of actual FP experience.

Reply to PAProgressive28 (Reply #13)

Tue Dec 23, 2014, 04:25 PM

Dec 2014

Thanks Obama!

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

16. If DUers were advocating drafting them to run I would ask

Reply to PAProgressive28 (Reply #13)

Wed Dec 24, 2014, 04:57 AM

Dec 2014

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)

15. Wow, few responses. I guess her strong supporters really don't know what it is they are supporting..

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Tue Dec 23, 2014, 04:38 PM

Dec 2014

Personally I am reminded of the last cycle of primaries, in which people pretended Hillary was very different from Obama so they could have sides to fight on. Warren and Clinton are currently very similar people politically it seems to me, although Warren was way to the right of Hillary for many years as she was a Republican from Nixon though Bush, so both of them also seem to like to claim acres off on the left side of the farm to which each has a somewhat dubious claim.

RiverLover

(7,830 posts)

17. Guess we'll find out during the primaries when they state their positions. Meanwhile...

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2014, 08:48 AM

Dec 2014

Why Elizabeth Warren should be the next president
12/23/14

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/presidential-campaign/227904-why-elizabeth-warren-should-be-the-next-president

AtomicKitten

(46,585 posts)

18. On arming Syrian rebels and Iran sanctions:

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2014, 09:13 AM

Dec 2014

Elizabeth Warren Goes All Foreign Policy on Iran Sanctions Bill
link: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/22/1271714/-Elizabeth-Warren-Goes-All-Foreign-Policy-on-Iran-Sanctions-Bill

Elizabeth Warren – an unyielding progressive on economic issues – does not often make headlines in the foreign policy department. However, today she made waves by coming out strongly against the Iran sanctions bill which threatens to derail President Obama's diplomatic progress.

* Iraq sanctions bill supported by Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), Ben Cardin (Md.), Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.), Joe Donnelly (Ind.), Joe Manchin (W.Va.), Michael Bennet (Colo.), Chris Coons (Del.), Cory Booker (N.J.), Robert Casey (Pa.) and Richard Blumenthal (Conn.) joined co-sponsors in addition to Menendez and Warner. (Other Democrats who signed on lost in the midterms.)

names in bold

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Warren uses Syria measure to draw contrast with Clinton
link: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/218268-warren-votes-no-on-syrian-motion

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Thursday voted against legislation authorizing President Obama to arm and train Syrian rebels, taking a stand that could distinguish her from Hillary Clinton in 2016.

“I do not want America to be dragged into another ground war in the Middle East, and it is time for those nations in the region that are most immediately affected by the rise of ISIS to step up and play a leading role in this fight,” she said in a statement.

Clinton revealed in her memoir, Hard Choices that she wanted to arm Syrian rebels early during their fight against President Bashar Assad but failed to convince Obama. In an interview last month, Clinton told Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic that the failure to arm the rebels led to the rise of ISIS.