Bernie Sanders: The Only Candidate That Can Defeat Terrorism

As I watched the second plane strike the tower on 9/11 I thought I must be watching part of a really bad movie. So horrific was the scene, I simply could not image it to be real. In the days that followed, I was even more shocked and nauseated when Bush gathered up our nation and sent it to war; first in Afghanistan and then Iraq. All these years later, I will never forget the friends and contacts I lost in the Twin Towers, nor will I forget the tears and grief of my Muslim co-workers and friends. I tried not to think about what was coming – the nation and world we are in today where Muslims are on the verge of being hunted into extinction because of the acts of a few depraved lunatics that don't even know what Islam is all about.

 

Pressed back in the shadowy pages of my memories, there is one more – just a vague memory that Bernie Sanders was one of the few that had the guts to stand up and say Bush was wrong. Bernie was also one of the few that had the guts to vote against the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. What is not so vague is the memory of Hillary Clinton undercutting all that we as liberals hold dear when she sided Bush and cut the feet out from Democrats that knew invading Afghanistan was not the answer. After all, wasn't it her own husband just a few years before that said trying to oust the Taliban in Afghanistan would yield nothing more than a few dead camels in exchange for an enormous tax bill and thousands of lives lost? How could Hillary take the side of an irrational war hawk such as Bush when she knew full well that she was signing the death warrant for millions of innocent people and setting our species on a sure path to destruction?  How could one of our own, a leader of our Democratic Party help sow the seeds of more violence and create a ripe terrain for the likes of Daesh to take root?

 

Now that Hillary is running for office, she claims that in the heat of the moment after 9/11, she made a mistake. That innocent little blue eyed "mistake" is one of the key foundations of Daesh and every single horror we face economically, and in our position on the world scene. When you go on Facebook or elsewhere online and see how others in the world view US citizens as stupid, idiot warlings, ignorant, and childish, remember that they all point back to the invasions of Afghanistan and what it cost to our world. Remember that Hillary had the name and popularity back then to arouse the Congress and Senate to vote against Bush, and instead, she loosed Pandora's Box.

 

When you hear about "cool under pressure" and "experience" to do what is right in a situation, remember Bernie didn't make that "mistake" of voting with Bush. He maintained his composure, his decency, his logic, and his rationalism under severe pressure. If that isn't a presidential candidate that can defeat Daesh, I don't know what is. Time and again, Bernie has stood for equality, honesty, passion, justice, and pragmatic answers to vexing problems. He is our best choice, and our only choice when it comes to defeating terrorism because he can stare the darkest elements of humanity in the face and not be entranced by the hateful demons lurking just below the surface. Feel the Bern today – and make it your business to vote for Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primaries.