61
edits
mNo edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
==== Foreign Policy ==== | ==== Foreign Policy ==== | ||
Bernie has a history of supporting US [[imperialism]], including the backing of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia<ref>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/06/23/bernie-sanders-foreign-policy-doctrine-227193/</ref>, calling Venezuela's socialist president Maduro a "vicious tyrant"<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-distances-himself-from-venezuela-president-nicolas-maduro-when-pressed-on-socialism-at-debate/</ref>, supporting the US-proxy state of Ukraine over the anti-imperialist state of [[Russia]] in the Ukraine-Russian conflict<ref>https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-statement-on-russian-invasion-of-ukraine/</ref>, and rejecting to call for a long-term ceasefire in the ongoing Gaza genocide by Israel<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/world/bernie-sanders-gaza-cease-fire-israel-palestine/</ref>. | Bernie has a history of supporting US [[imperialism]], including the backing of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia<ref>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/06/23/bernie-sanders-foreign-policy-doctrine-227193/</ref>, calling Venezuela's socialist president Maduro a "vicious tyrant"<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-distances-himself-from-venezuela-president-nicolas-maduro-when-pressed-on-socialism-at-debate/</ref>, supporting the US-proxy state of Ukraine over the anti-imperialist state of [[Russia]] in the Ukraine-Russian conflict<ref>https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-statement-on-russian-invasion-of-ukraine/</ref>, and rejecting to call for a long-term ceasefire in the ongoing Gaza genocide by Israel<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/world/bernie-sanders-gaza-cease-fire-israel-palestine/</ref>. | ||
He has also stated he would intervene if China took military action on Taiwan<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-democratic-presidential-candidate-military-intervention-60-minutes-2020-02-23/</ref>, which goes even against the US government's formal position of "One China" policy that Taiwan is part of the PRC<ref>https://www.csis.org/analysis/what-us-one-china-policy-and-why-does-it-matter</ref>. | |||
====2016 Presidential Run==== | ====2016 Presidential Run==== |