"Oh when will they ever learn, oh when will they ever learn"
The overall framework of Bernie Sanders foreign policy ideology is no different from the rest of the D.C. ruling class establishment. He favors U.S. imperialism, he supports imperialist Zionism, and he is a proponent of the Military Industrial Complex and militarization of the planet.
If by some miracle he did become President, he would become an immediate war criminal by virtue of the FACT that U.S. imperialism is by and large against international law and regularly constitutes war crimes as defined by international law. He would do absolutely nothing to alter those facts.
Those supporting him are either ignoring those facts, are willing to accept what in their minds is a lesser evil, or they also support U.S. imperialism and imperialist Zionism.
It's going to come out in the end, Bernie the Sheepdog will drop out of the race either on his own or by losing in the Primary election, then Hillary Clinton will be the test for these lesser evil voters. Will they continue that trend and vote for Hillary against the Republican party? Or does their lesser evilism only go so far? Evidently warmongering and imperialism isn't a factor in their decisions, only the rhetoric of Bernie against the billionaires and the seeking of alms for the poor (instead of actual power to the people).
Here's a list of Bernie's voting record and other actions related to foreign policies.
In 1993, Bernie voted YEA on HR 2446 - Military Construction Fiscal Year 1994 Appropriations Bill, which provided $3.63 billion for military construction.
That same year, he also voted in favor of S J Res 45 - Authorization for Use of US Armed Forces in Somalia, which authorized President Bill Clinton to use US troops in Somalia for the purpose of providing logistical support to the United Nations peacekeeping force.
In 1994, Bernie voted in favor of HR 4453 - Military Construction FY95 Appropriations bill, which provided $2.52 billion for military construction.
The following year, Bernie voted in favor of HR 3107 - Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996, which "imposes sanctions on persons exporting certain goods or technology that would enhance Iran's ability to explore for, extract, refine, or transport by pipeline petroleum resources, and for other purposes."
In 1997, Bernie voted for HR 2159 - Foreign Operations FY98 Appropriations bill, which included: $3 billion for Israel, including $1.8 billion in military assistance and $1.2 billion in economic assistance; $2.12 billion for Egypt, including $1.3 billion in military assistance and $815 million in economic assistance; $770 million for former Soviet Republics; and $215 million for international narcotics control and law enforcement.
He also voted for HR 4059 - Military Construction FY99 Appropriations bill, which provided $2.82 billion for general military construction.
In 1998, Bernie's name was included as a YEA vote on HR 4655, the Iraqi Liberation Act of 1998, which expressed the sense of Congress that it should be the aim of the United States to remove Saddam Hussein from power. President George W. Bush later used the Iraqi Liberation Act to provide justification for military action for the 2003 invasion.
In 1999, Bernie voted for HR 2465, which provided $4 billion for military construction, and he voted for HR 3196, which provided: $2.16 billion for military and economic assistance to Israel; $760 million for military and economic assistance to Egypt; $535 million for Eastern European and the Baltic States, including $150 million for assistance to Kosovo; $300 million for military and economic assistance to Jordan; and $285 million for international narcotics control.
Bernie's was a staunch support for Clinton's 100-day bombing of Yugoslavia and Kosovo in 1999. These were war crimes.
In 2001, Bernie supported HR 1954, which extended the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act of 1996.
Following the 9/11 attacks, Bernie voted in favor of H J Res 64 - Authorization for Use of Military Force, which allowed President Bush to use the United States Armed Forces against anyone involved with 9/11 and any nation that harbors these individuals.
In 2003, Bernie supported HR 5010, which provided $355.1 billion in appropriations for the Defense Department for fiscal year 2003 - an increase of $37.5 billion from 2002 - as well as: $71.6 billion for procurement of aircraft, missiles, weapons, combat vehicles and shipbuilding; $7.4 billion for ballistic missile defense; and $58.4 million for foreign aid, which includes humanitarian assistance, foreign disaster relief and de-mining programs.
He also voted in favor of HR 2800 - Foreign Operations Appropriations, FY 2004 bill, which granted $1.8 billion in military and economic assistance to Egypt and $2.2 billion for Israeli military assistance.
In 2004, Bernie supported HR 4613, which allocated $25 billion for emergency defense spending for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and $77.4 billion for the procurement of new weapons.
In 2005, Sanders supported HR 2863 - Defense Department FY2006 Appropriations Bill, which provided $50 billion for ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In 2006, Bernie voted for HR 5631, which provided $70 billion for ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In 2007, he supported HR 1585 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, which granted $187.14 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan operations.
In 2009, he voted in favor of HR 2647, which authorized $309 million for research and evaluation, procurement, or deployment of an alternative Missile Defense System in Europe, and also allowed the Secretary of Defense to increase the active-duty number for the US Army to a number greater than otherwise allowed by law up to the 2010 baseline plus 30,000 troops.
During the same year, he called closing the torturous gulag at Guantanamo a "complicated issue" and ultimately rejected a proposal to shut it down.
In 2011, Bernie co-sponsored S. Res. 85, which urged the UN Security Council to take action to protect civilians in Libya from attack, including the possible imposition of a no-fly zone over Libyan territory.
In 2014, Bernie came out in favor of levying economic sanctions (an act of war) against Russia: "The entire world has got to stand up to Putin," he said. "We've got to deal with sanctions."
Bernie also didn't object to having his name included - by unanimous consent - in S.498, which backed Israel's brutal, summer-long military assault against Gaza.
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1) Sanders supports Israel and has supported Israel's aggression against Palestine- Sanders supports US military support of Israel;
2) Sanders supports an increase in Saudi Arabia's attacks on Yemen;
3) Sanders supports the US Military Industrial Complex;
4) Sanders supported US attacks on Kosovo;
5) Sanders supports US attacks on ISIS and the entire narrative;
6) Sanders backed the buildup in the Persian Gulf during GHWB Gulf War;
7) Sanders supported sanctions in Iraq even as the Iraqi body count passed 1.5 million;
8) Sanders supported Bill Clinton when he sent military units to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in October, 1994- Bernie supported this because "we cannot tolerate aggression."
9) He supported US intervention in Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Liberia, Zaire (Congo), Albania, Sudan, Afghanistan and Yugoslavia.
10) Sanders has voted for appropriations bills to fund the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan;
11) Sanders supported pro-war measures--such as a March 21, 2003, resolution stating, "Congress expresses the unequivocal support and appreciation of the nation to the President as Commander-in-Chief for his firm leadership and decisive action in the conduct of military operations in Iraq as part of the ongoing Global War on Terrorism";
12) Sanders opposed immediate withdrawal from Iraq;
13) Sanders opposed any action on a wave of Bush impeachment resolutions that swept Vermont towns in 2006;
14) Sanders defends the Lockheed Martin F-35 program the epitome of Pentagon waste;
15) Sanders approved a $1 billion aid package to the coup government in Ukraine, aiding and abetting Nazis;
16) Sanders supported he objectively racist and mass-incarcerationist Federal Crime bill;
17) Votes with Democrats 96% of the time and caucuses with them actively working against third party candidates who challenge Democrats;
18) Has expressed admiration for Hillary Clinton and has stated he will support her if she gets the nomination
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