Bernie Sanders: “The American people were lied to about the war in Iraq.”

“The American people were lied to about the war in Vietnam, which was devastating to my generation. 59,000 young men died in that war and a war that never should have been fought. The American people were lied to about the war in Iraq. And as the then congressman from Vermont, I went to too many funerals of young, 18, 19, 20 year old kids who died in Iraq.” (22:14–22:19)

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