Bernie vs. Hillary Foreign Policy
DRONES
Sanders said he would continue Obama's drone program
Clinton is even worse
SYRIA
Sanders said, "I support air strikes in Syria and what the president is trying to do ."
Clinton is even worse
YEMEN
Sanders supports the US backed Saudi invasion of Yemen
Clinton is about as bad
AFGHANISTAN
Sanders voted for the 2001 US invasion of Afghanistan
Clinton is even worse
LIBYA
Sanders supported a UN no-fly zone in Libya
Clinton is even worse
IRAN
Sanders is part of the "nuclear free Iran" club that refuses to take military action off the table with Iran
Clinton is even worse
PALESTINE AND ISRAEL
Sanders typically votes for funding to Israel and he supported the 2014 war on Gaza
Clinton is even worse
IRAQ
Sanders supported sanctions on Iraq which resulted in the death of an estimated 500,000 children. Sanders also repeatedly votes to fund the current war on Iraq
Clinton is even worse
SAUDI ARABIA
Sanders called on the Saudi Arabian dictatorship "to get their hands dirty" and put "troops on the ground" in the Middle East
Clinton is even worse
LATIN AMERICA, IN GENERAL
Sanders has denounced US coups in Latin America
Clinton has a neo-con policy towards Latin America
RUSSIA AND EASTERN EUROPE, IN GENERAL
Sanders said that, "we're going to beef up our troop level in that part of the world to tell Putin that his aggressiveness is not going to go unmatched."
Clinton is even worse
UKRAINE
Sanders supported policies that aided the neo-Nazi aligned coup government of Ukraine
Clinton is even worse
KOSOVO
Sanders supported the war in Kosovo
Clinton is about as bad
US NUCLEAR WEAPONS EXPANSION
Sanders rejects Obama's planned trillion-dollar nuclear weapons upgrade
Clinton's position is vague
PREVIOUS WORLD LEADER INFLUENCING YOUR FOREIGN POLICY?
Sanders said that Winston Churchill - who was a racist warmonger - would influence his foreign policy
Clinton's choice of Henry Kissinger is about as bad
SANDERS vs. CLINTON - FROM AN ANTIWAR GROUP'S PERSPECTIVE
It's clear that Hillary Clinton's foreign policy is worse than Bernie Sanders'. But from an antiwar perspective, the foreign policy of Bernie Sanders is not even close to being supportable; it's actually repulsive.
Liberals rightfully cheer when Sanders says he doesn't want to kick Muslims out of the U.S., but they turn a blind eye to the fact that he wants Muslims in the Middle East to bomb and shoot each other
Why is caring about overseas victims of U.S. wars lowest on the totem pole? Would democrats support Sanders if he were just a little better than
- but still bad - on gay marriage, the environment, workers' rights, race relations or a woman's right to choose?
For liberals to rationalize their support of Sanders on the basis that his foreign policy is not as imperialistic as Clinton's speaks volumes. This "lesser of two evils" way of thinking is not only tired, it is catastrophic for millions around the world. Is it ever acceptable to support:
- al-Qaeda because they are less brutal than ISIS?
- Rapists who "only" rape adults but not children?
- Cops who only shoot black people but not white people?
Sanders has pledged to do whatever it takes to prevent Trump from getting into office, but he fails to mention that a Clinton presidency would put (or keep) the "Full Spectrum Dominance" neoconservatives in the Oval Office.
If Sanders' idea of a "political revolution" is to encourage his supporters to vote for Clinton, he will be exposed as a typical politician who ultimately does what is best for his own career.