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In reply to the discussion: Why is Bernie Sanders voting to NOT put sanctions on Russia? [View all]Tom Rinaldo
(22,912 posts)with Democrats in the Senate majority. That plunged us deeply into the Vietnam war under LBJ. Give credit to Senators Wayne Morse (D-OR) and Ernest Gruening (D-AK).
Then there is Barbara Lee. Lee gained national attention in 2001 as the only member of congress to vote "No" on the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists (AUMF), stating that she voted no not because she opposed military action but because she believed the AUMF, as written, granted overly-broad powers to wage war to the president at a time when the facts regarding the situation were not yet clear. She "warned her colleagues to be 'careful not to embark on an open-ended war with neither an exit strategy nor a focused target.
All of the above were proved right. Hopefully Bernie won't be proved right this time, but Trump is doing what he can to poison the well with Iran prepping for another war.