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Bernie Sanders: “Today we are being lied to about the war in Iran. This is a…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Published | Video Starts at 22:32

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. And Today we are being lied to about the war in Iran. This is a war that was started by Trump and his partner, Mr. Netanyahu of Israel. This is a war that is unconstitutional. This is a war that is in violation of international law. Countries do not have the right, unprovoked, to bomb another country. (22:32–22:52)

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Asserts that the public is being misled about the war in Iran, started by Trump and Netanyahu.

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