[Peace-discussion] Vermont Green on Bernie Sanders

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Bernie Sanders: Another Cog in the Bush War Machine
Author: Craig Hill
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Guernica was a little town in Spain, with approximately the population=20
of Montpelier which was bombed to smithereens by the Nazi Luftwaffe in=20
1937 in a conspiracy with Fascist Generalisimo Francisco Franco, en=20
route to his destruction of the liberal Spanish Republic.

Not only were one-quarter to one-third of Guernicans murdered, but the=20
destruction was targeted to hit civilian infrastructure in a successful=20
dry run for the blitzkrieg on Poland soon to follow. The world objected, =

but did nothing to stop the warmongers of their day.

Not only were innocent civilians murdered in Lebanon, but the deadly=20
efficient, precision-guided missiles targeted electric plants, water=20
facilities, hospitals, and even grocery stores, while leaving Hezbollah=20
bases intact, as if the two enemies operate in a single bipolar mind.

Lebanon is the Guernica preceding Syria and, most importantly, Iran. Our =

secretary of state keeps telling us we don=92t approve of their=20
governments, which must be changed to something akin to the wreck of=20
Iraq. Israel is sharing its findings of its destruction of Lebanon with=20
its financial backers, U.S. taxpayers, through its partners in war,=20
George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.

Congressman Bernie Sanders has voted his approval of Israel=92s role in=20
Lebanon, just as he has voted for the Iran Freedom Support Act, which=20
authorizes Bush to change the government of Iran. Sanders is not the=20
independent progressive savior Vermonters are constantly reminded he is. =

He is, rather, another cog in the Bush war machine. He has not been=20
representing Vermont with his votes in Congress.

This is not about Bernie, but the system that has changed him. It=92s not=
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the war that must be stopped; it=92s its organizers. In 2006, a vote for =

Sanders is a vote for war.

Craig Hill
Green Party Candidate for
the U.S. Senate
Montpelier, VT


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 > Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 06:43:06 -0800 (PST)
 > From: "Henry D." <henryduke2004@yahoo.com>
 > To: peacetalkbham@yahoogroups.com, alabamaprogressives@yahoogroups.com=
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 > Change-links@yahoogroups.com,
 > gpax discussion <peace-discussion@lists.gp-us.org>
 > Subject: [Peace-discussion] Re: A socialist in the Senate!
 >
 > The Green Party welcomes Vermont Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders and
 > notes he is not with the Democratic Party of Barak Obama.
 >
 > We encourage him to evaluate and consider joining our party as we run
 >
 > elections to provide a values not corporate profits agenda.
 >