Bernie Sanders

n2doc

(47,953 posts) Wed Apr 6, 2016, 07:51 PM Apr 2016

Sanders: Clinton should apologize to victims of Iraq War

Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders lashed out at front-runner Hillary Clinton on Wednesday over her support for the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

A CBS reporter tweeted that she asked the Vermont senator about Clinton's calls for him to apologize to Sandy Hook victims because of his stance against holding gun manufacturers liable for gun crimes. Sanders reportedly responded by saying that Clinton should apologize to the victims of the Iraq War, which she voted in favor of as a senator.

Nancy Cordes ✔?@nancycordes
Asked @BernieSanders abt calls for him to apologize to Sandy Hook victims. He said maybe @HillaryClinton shld apologize to Iraq War victims.
5:19 PM - 6 Apr 2016

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/275418-sanders-clinton-should-apologize-to-victims-of-iraq-war

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Sanders: Clinton should apologize to victims of Iraq War (Original Post) n2doc Apr 2016 OP

.. abelenkpe Apr 2016 #1

Love this. bunnies Apr 2016 #2

YES! Chasstev365 Apr 2016 #3

K & R. Good, Bernie's so right. How could Clinton's campaign make this outrageous appalachiablue Apr 2016 #4

Here is another place I part ways with Sen. Sanders--What the FUCK is an apology going to do for merrily Apr 2016 #5

I think you're missing the point BernieforPres2016 Apr 2016 #7

No, I knew exactly what it was a response to. merrily Apr 2016 #9

So why are you up Bernie's ass? BernieforPres2016 Apr 2016 #10

For more than 20 years as I was growing up the US supported Saddam Baobab Apr 2016 #6

It is clear Bernie made one mistake BernieforPres2016 Apr 2016 #8

abelenkpe

(9,933 posts)

1. ..

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 07:58 PM

Apr 2016

bunnies

(15,859 posts)

2. Love this.

Reply to abelenkpe (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 08:04 PM

Apr 2016

And so true.

Chasstev365

(5,191 posts)

3. YES!

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 08:11 PM

Apr 2016

Bernie needs to school her in this manner in the very public debate in NY!

appalachiablue

(41,171 posts)

4. K & R. Good, Bernie's so right. How could Clinton's campaign make this outrageous

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 08:12 PM

Apr 2016

and unfounded claim against Sanders in the first place and especially when it illustrates the blindness to faulty decisions of great magnitude that Clinton has made like the Iraq War. It's shocking...

merrily

(45,251 posts)

5. Here is another place I part ways with Sen. Sanders--What the FUCK is an apology going to do for

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 08:18 PM

Apr 2016

any victims, American, Iraqi or other national?

I don't even want to float the idea that apologizing for a bad war vote is acceptable.

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)

7. I think you're missing the point

Reply to merrily (Reply #5)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 08:37 PM

Apr 2016

It was a response to Hillary's smear on Bernie asking him to apologize for Sandy Hook victims, which he had nothing to do with. Hillary had something to do with the victims of the Iraq War. He is not suggesting that apologizing would bring them back or make the war right.

merrily

(45,251 posts)

9. No, I knew exactly what it was a response to.

Reply to BernieforPres2016 (Reply #7)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 08:51 PM

Apr 2016

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)

10. So why are you up Bernie's ass?

Reply to merrily (Reply #9)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 08:54 PM

Apr 2016

As if he thinks an apology will take care of the Iraq War?

Baobab

(4,667 posts)

6. For more than 20 years as I was growing up the US supported Saddam

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 08:31 PM

Apr 2016

even as he gassed the Kurds and Iranians. We should apologize for that too. We also should apologize for supporting the Shah of Iran (Reza Pahlavi) while we are on the subject. Were it not for our support of him Iran would have never become an extreme theocracy.

Actually, I have a list of around 60 countries we have intervened in- its from the excellent book Killing Hope by William Blum, we could and perhaps should apologize to virtually all those countries.

I think doing that would dramatically reduce the risk of terrorism more than any drones ever could.

We should have a moratorium on drones.

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)

8. It is clear Bernie made one mistake

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 08:41 PM

Apr 2016

He should have never spoken to the New York Daily News editorial board. All the trash covers they have run on Obama suggest that they are far right wing. I would assume they are Hillary haters normally, but then they drop this trash on Bernie. My guess is that David Brock and perhaps some Clinton operatives set the whole thing up.

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