Candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
Joined February 2009
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Trump says “We took action last night to stop a war.” That’s clearly absurd. What he did last night is more likely to start a war. Hard to imagine who was advising him; maybe he acted unilaterally & impulsively. Whichever it was, may the world be protected from his recklessness.
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The president says he didn’t order the killing of Solmeini to start a war. That’s like somebody saying they didn’t cheat on their spouse to start a divorce. 🤦🏻♀️
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That’s too bad, because the power in this country supposed to belong to the people. Abdicating our best thinking to others is what has led us into such catastrophic military misadventures.
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Beware thinking only Establishment forces are “qualified” to talk about war! Gen. Powell, Cheney & Rumsfeld all “qualified” and led us into the war in Iraq. Btw, more women and children died in wars in the 20th century then did military combatants. Damn right we’re qualified.
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My statement on the US and Iran marianne2020.com/on-the-situ…
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Use truth to counter war fever. When govt says Solmeini was responsible for American deaths in Iraq, ask how many American deaths WE’RE responsible for. When they say he was planning an eminent attack? By all means thwart the attack! Killing him only means new ones now on the way
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@RoKhanna proposed 2 amendments to reauthorization of NDAA; both were stripped. They would have limited Trump’s ability to act militarily against Iran. The fault isn’t only Trump’s; responsibility lies with Congress too. It’s had 3 yrs to limit his power to do something like this
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@RoKhanna tried to block Trump’s power to take military action against Iran, but his amendments were stripped from NDAA negotiation.The NDAA is an absurd abdication of Congressional authority on the part of Congress. And the House is in the hands of the Democrats?? It’s shameful.
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Dedicate your life to changing it. We’re not the first generation to have to rise up at a dangerous time. Others did what they had to do and we can too. Let’s not be known some day as the wimpy generation who couldn’t quite get it together. Others had to have felt desperate too.
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The NDAA is why there’s no limit whatsoever to Trump’s ability to take military action against Iran. A sweeter give away to the military-industrial-complex could not exist. A sure sign of who and what runs American foreign policy.
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The Constitution says Congressional approval is necessary to declare war. But since 9/11 Congress has passed and regularly reauthorizes the National Defense Authorization Act, which gives the president broad authority to do whatever he thinks is necessary to “fight terrorism.”
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There are sophisticated, smart, wise leaders in the American defense establishment who know their job now is to protect us from the recklessness of our president. In both American and Iranian power centers, there are people who know that war would be disastrous; may they prevail.
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This isn't about whether Soleimani was a "good man" any more than it was about whether Saddam was a good man. It's about smart versus stupid use of military power. Invading Iraq was criminally irresponsible & tweets like this about Iran are from the same crowd, the same insanity.
Wow - the price of killing and injuring Americans has just gone up drastically. Major blow to Iranian regime that has American blood on its hands. Soleimani was one of the most ruthless and vicious members of the Ayatollah's regime. He had American blood on his hands.
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Prayers for peace. Killing of Qasem Solemani by US military was one of the most reckless irresponsible actions ever directed by a US President. Congress deserves condemnation for allowing it (NDAA) and Americans need to understand this: War with Iran would be totally disastrous.
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