Voting in favor of defense appropriations is not the same thing as voting for the IWR.

[NuclearDem]

I'm sorry, but saying the two are even remotely similar is just silly.

[reformist2]

1. It's all they've got... at least it shows they recognize how horrible her record is!

[reddread]

2. that tactic appears juvenile in the extreme

looking smart isnt part of that equation.

[msongs]

4. politicians voting for endless war and killing by funding it ... now that's juvenile nt

[reddread]

5. as opposed to dishonesty

that path should not be respected.

[bigtree]

3. true, but funding isn't insignificant

...it's what fuels the military deployments, and refusing funding is what subsequently ends them.

It's no accident that the IWR references to the War Powers Act which recognizes Congress' ability to weigh in on these deployments initiated without prior congressional approval. Their constitutional role in approving or denying funds is their ONLY effective lever in limiting or neutering a president's ability to wage war.

[ibegurpard]

6. Hillary supporters seem to have a Republican - level problem

With false equivalence.

[treestar]

7. If Bernie were so against it

He'd at least symbolically vote against the funding.

That's the standard others would be held to.