Opinion | Bernie Sanders' vague foreign policy ideas won't help the US regain its standing in the world. By BrettBruen.
Sen. Bernie Sanders' foreign policy leaves much to be desired.
The senator from Vermont has mostly tried to skate past substantive discussions on national security, falling back instead on a few shallow canned comments. As one of two serious candidates left in the Democratic primary, this lack of foreign policy focus is alarming and unacceptable. We should not allow, as we did with Donald Trump, presidential candidates to get away with delivering catchy one liners on national security. This is serious stuff. We have certainly seen over the last three years, especially with the current slapdash handling of the coronavirus, the cost of a president who is unable to effectively manage a global crisis.Just look at Sanders' website. It offers scant details of his plans and proposals for foreign policy.
So, what does he really mean and what would he do as president? My assessment at this point is that we would unfortunately see a continuation of the isolationist tendencies that have become the hallmarks of Trump's foreign policy. Indeed, Sanders regularly seems to confuse American intervention with standing up for our ideals and those in danger.
There was a dearth of details during Sanders' interview with NPR's Rachel Martin. She pressed him repeatedly on how he would tackle extremism in Iraq and elsewhere. He talked about past problems. He raised Trump's recklessness. He mentioned the importance of diplomacy. The reporter clearly wanted a more substantive response. A frustrated Sanders finally said, well America has a lot of money and that can be used to solve foreign crises.
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