Analysis: The fate of the top two progressives — and that of the leading establishment candidate — could rest on who gets targeted at the DemDebate.
President Donald Trump's decision to kill Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani has sparked a renewed debate within Democratic circles about the war powers granted to the president through the authorization for the use of military force in 2001 and 2002.
Sanders has been one of the most vocal critics of the U.S. prosecution of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and he was the only leading Democrat to ignore Soleimani in his first statement after the strike and jump right to warning about the possibility that Trump might use his authority to go to war with Iran. He has lashed Biden over his vote for the 2002 authorization of military force that led to the Iraq War.
But Sanders voted for the 2001 authorization, which a president might use as justification for military action against Iran, and he called for regime change in Iraq before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States and President George W. Bush's push to connect them with Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
That is, he could leave the last generation debating the wars they started — one of which he served in — while he offers a means of making sure mistakes of the past aren't repeated in the future.Klobuchar has been one of the most capable debaters throughout the first year of the campaign, which has kept her afloat despite a lower profile and smaller fundraising numbers than her competitors.
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