'I opposed the war and it gives me no pleasure to say that much of what I feared came true,' Sanders said on the 16th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. 'Our foreign policy must focus on diplomacy, not endless war.'
Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks at a rally in DeMoines, Iowa, on March 9, 2019. Sanders was one of the politicians scammer John Dupont allegedly pretended to raise money for with fraudulent websites and PACs.Wednesday marked the 16th anniversary of the US invasion, and Sanders took the opportunity to tout his record against the war in social media posts.
On the sixteenth anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, Sen. Bernie Sanders said it gives him"no pleasure" to say that much of what he feared would happen as a consequence of a war he voted against has come true. "The United States is now involved in a very difficult war against international terrorism as we learned tragically on September 11 ... I agree with Brent Scowcroft, Republican former national security advisor for President George Bush, Sr., who stated, 'An attack on Iraq at this time would seriously jeopardize, if not destroy, the global counterterrorist campaign we have undertaken.
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