Bernie Sanders

Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts) Thu Jul 9, 2015, 08:16 AM Jul 2015

I want to call attention to this post

from an Iraqi War Veteran:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026954898#post4

This isn't a politics thing, this is a "Look What We Americans Have Done" thing. I'm moved beyond words.

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I want to call attention to this post (Original Post) Le Taz Hot Jul 2015 OP

Read it late last night. bvf Jul 2015 #1

It shook the hell out of me. Le Taz Hot Jul 2015 #2

There wasn't much arm-twisting needed to get more bvf Jul 2015 #3

One of my own "liberal" Senators voted for it (Feinstein) Le Taz Hot Jul 2015 #4

I dont recall much background, bvf Jul 2015 #5

bvf

(6,604 posts)

1. Read it late last night.

Reply to Le Taz Hot (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 08:27 AM

Jul 2015

Powerful--thanks for following through on making it an OP, Le Taz Hot.

Le Taz Hot

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2. It shook the hell out of me.

Reply to bvf (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 08:30 AM

Jul 2015

I'm in a blind rage and deepest sympathy for all the young people who NEEDLESSLY were used as cannon fodder for profit.

OK, now I'm going t make it about politics. ONE OF THE DEMOCRATS RUNNING FOR OFFICE VOTED FOR THAT WAR AND ONE DIDN'T.

bvf

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3. There wasn't much arm-twisting needed to get more

Reply to Le Taz Hot (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 08:45 AM

Jul 2015

than enough Dems to go along with this insanity, IIRC.

A bunch of chickenshits afraid of The Big Lie, i.e., being regarded as soft on terrorism--as if the two were in any way related. Sanders showed some true courage there. Clinton et al. opted for expediency at the cost of thousands of lives.

Le Taz Hot

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4. One of my own "liberal" Senators voted for it (Feinstein)

Reply to bvf (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 08:49 AM

Jul 2015

and that was after admitting in an interview that there were 300 communications to her office urging a "yes" vote on the IWR and 10,000 communications urging her to vote "no." That vote was very profitable for her:

bvf

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5. I dont recall much background,

Reply to Le Taz Hot (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 09:20 AM

Jul 2015

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but it was a foregone conclusion that here in Ohio Sens. DeWine and Voinovich (Ŕs) would do the wrong thing.

ETA: never heard that about Feinstein before. Talk about flipping off your constituency!

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