[rad-green] 'In Chile, In Guatemala, In Iran': Sanders Applauded for Highlighting US Record of Overthrowing Govts Around the World

*https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/02/26/chile-guatemala-iran-sanders-applauded-highlighting-us-record-overthrowing
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Dreams          February 26, 2020*





*'In Chile, In Guatemala, In Iran': Sanders Applauded for Highlighting US
Record of Overthrowing Governments Around the World"Nobody on the debate
stage except Bernie has the guts to say the truth about the legacy of U.S.
foreign policy."by Jake Johnson, staff writer*

*Democratic presidential candidates participate the presidential primary
debate at the Charleston Gaillard Center on February 25, 2020 in
Charleston, South Carolina. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)*

Facing a barrage of attacks from his Democratic rivals and hawkish
questions from moderators, Sen. Bernie Sanders said during the presidential
primary debate in South Carolina Tuesday night that political leaders must
face up to America's long record of toppling democratically elected
governments overseas.

"Excuse me, occasionally it might be a good idea to be honest about
American foreign policy," Sanders, the Democratic frontrunner, said as Pete
Buttigieg and former Vice President Joe Biden attempted to slime the
senator over his comments on Cuba's education and healthcare systems
and falsely
accuse <https://twitter.com/KateKizer/status/1232494235917537281> him of
being sympathetic to authoritarianism.

"That includes," Sanders continued, "the fact that America has overthrown
governments all over the world in Chile, in Guatemala, in Iran."

"Occasionally it might be good idea to be honest about American foreign
policy, and that includes the fact that America has overthrown governments
all over the world in Chile and Guatemala in Iran." @BernieSanders
<https://twitter.com/BernieSanders?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw> #DemDebate
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/DemDebate?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>
pic.twitter.com/EJR8kGUfXg <https://t.co/EJR8kGUfXg>

— People for Bernie (@People4Bernie) February 26, 2020
<https://twitter.com/People4Bernie/status/1232494696238206977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>

While pundits were not pleased with Sanders' remarks, progressives
applauded the senator's willingness to speak candidly about the United
States' sordid record overseas.

"A golden rule of Beltway orthodoxy is that candidates should never
criticize U.S. foreign policy even when the criticisms are both factual and
correct," tweeted
<https://twitter.com/LukewSavage/status/1232525392470212608> *Jacobin* staff
writer Luke Savage in response to *CNN* commentator David Axelrod's
criticism of the senator's comments. "One of Bernie's strengths is his
unwillingness to concede to this sort of elite taboo."

"Nobody on the debate stage except Bernie has the guts to say the truth
about the legacy of U.S. foreign policy," added
<https://twitter.com/nikhilgoya_l/status/1232541152500305921> Nikhil Goyal,
a PhD candidate at Cambridge University.

Others echoed Savage and Goyal:

Thank you Bernie. I so appreciate your honesty about the fact that US
foreign policy has wreaked havoc in so many places around the world for so
long, including #Iran
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/Iran?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>.

Time for a fundamental change. #Bernie2020
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bernie2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>
#DemDebate
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/DemDebate?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>

— Azadeh Shahshahani (@ashahshahani) February 26, 2020
<https://twitter.com/ashahshahani/status/1232497999139483649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>

Bernie just gave the most honest assessment of American foreign policy
that’s been heard on a presidential debate stage in more than a decade —
possibly ever. #DemDebate
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/DemDebate?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>

— Collin Rees (@collinrees) February 26, 2020
<https://twitter.com/collinrees/status/1232496520634617857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>

After Republican *Washington Post* columnist Jennifer Rubin tweeted
<https://twitter.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1232493987614740482> that Sanders
was "digging his grave" by "blaming America" for overthrowing governments,
progressive foreign policy analyst Elizabeth Beavers replied
<https://twitter.com/_ElizabethRB/status/1232501342251302913>, "Imagine
thinking 'blaming America for overthrowing governments' is anything other
than historical fact."

"Guatemala, Iran, the Philippines, Nicaragua, Honduras, Chile, Grenada,
Panama, Iraq, and many, many others would like a word," Beavers added.

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