 After the New York Times published their now infamous hit piece on Bernie Sanders where they try to portray him as an anti-American hippie communist Sympathizer who was against the United States's war in Vietnam? There's been this weird. I guess you could say implication in the media that he was somehow wrong To oppose the Vietnam War and that he should apologize So he was asked about that article in an interview with Chuck Todd and meet the press and when they tweeted out his response They worded it in a way that suggests that maybe Bernie Sanders should apologize So this is what their tweet said Bernie Sanders said he won't apologize for supporting Anti-Vietnam War efforts and voting against the war in Iraq now. We already talked about this tweet on the show I don't believe or I don't think anyways I'm not sure that MSNBC in making this tweet or meet the press and making this tweet is Explicitly suggesting that Bernie Sanders should apologize, but when you invoke the word apology and refuse to apologize Like there's almost this Feeling that you know, maybe they should right maybe they're culpable because you used the word Apologize anyway So if somebody won't apologize that assumes that they're guilty in the first place when Bernie Sanders has no culpability He was in the right like why would you apologize for being on the right side of history? So it's just there's this weird underlying application here that makes no sense to me Nonetheless Bernie Sanders has been using this to campaign and I think to his credit It's been working out wonderfully. So he released this video on Twitter where he talks about how I refuse to apologize Yeah, absolutely I'm not gonna apologize for being anti-war and he wasn't just talking about Vietnam But Yemen and Iran as well. This is what he released recently I've been criticized a bit because of my opposition to war and my belief that we got to do everything possible to solve international conflict without going to war So let me be very clear. I made no apologies to anybody That when I was a young man before I was elected to anything I opposed to war in Vietnam And I know what that boy did to my generation When I was a member of the house, I helped lead the effort against the war in Iraq because I knew that Cheney Bush and these other folks were lying about weapons of mass destruction I'm opposed to giving the president a blank check to launch a unilateral Invasion and occupation of Iraq and why I will vote against this resolution And that war and that vote was the worst foreign policy blunder in the modern history of the United States And as a senator, I'm proud that I helped for the first time in 45 years To utilize the War Powers Act to get the United States out of an unauthorized war In Yemen. Unfortunately after passing in the House and the Senate Trump vetoed that legislation And I'll tell you something that right now. I'm gonna do everything that I can Not to prevent a war with Iran because if you think the war in Iraq Was a disaster my guess is that the war in Iran would be even worse So let's work together and prevent that one people want to criticize me for that go for it. That's okay I don't apologize to anybody. Thank you. So that was good I'm glad that Bernie Sanders is finally talking more about foreign policy because there's no anti-war movement in America and there's not many politicians Who are speaking out against regime change? You have Tulsi Gabbard and maybe Ron Paul and Ro Khanna, you know, just a handful of people actually calling out regime change wars So I'm glad he's doing this now I want to play one more clip for you and this is a clip from a rally at Vermont He says largely the same thing But I want to show you this clip as well because he takes some additional jabs this time at the military industrial complex And what he says here is brilliant and we say to the military industrial complex That we will not continue to spend 700 billion dollars a year on the military we We want and need a strong defense But we do not have to spend more than the next 10 nations combined We are going to invest in education We're going to invest in affordable housing We're going to invest in rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure But we are not going to invest in never-ending wars And while we are on military policy Let me say a word about foreign policy because they are obviously Interrelated now recently I have been attacked in the media because of my views actions and votes on foreign policy Issues so let me be as clear as I can be Yes as a young man along with dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. And many others I marched against the war in Vietnam a War which ravaged my nation Which left 59,000 brave young Americans dead as well as killing over a million Vietnamese people I make no apologies for having opposed that war So just stop for a moment and think about how remarkable that video clip is we have a very prominent presidential candidate Speaking out against military spending and the military industrial complex in a very direct and explicit way Like if you told me five years ago, there'd be someone running for president who would be bold enough to do this I would have laughed at you because it seemed unfathomable at the time because it felt like look We're just gonna spend a lot on the military industrial complex and if you don't like that then tough shit But now we have someone Who is taking shots directly at the military industrial complex? And it's still honestly astonishing to see and Bernie's not the only one right? We have Tulsi Gabbard. He's doing the same thing, but you know, this is this is great He says we need to take on the military industrial complex That's incredibly bold seeing that they could very well bankroll Donald Trump your opponent Now, I think Bernie Sanders is smart enough to know that they're gonna do that anyways, but nonetheless To hear him say that it's like music to my ears He also says we want and need a strong defense, but we do not need to spend more than the next 10 nations combined That is so brilliant and I've I've been saying that you know, it's not like that's unique But just to hear a presidential candidate say that is really remarkable Now I wish you would have said, you know, the next 10 nations combined most of which are our allies because it really I think adds another layer of The absurdity of our military spending, but it's still important He says we are not going to invest in never-ending wars again very important. So I Love this. I love that Bernie Sanders is taking what is maybe a smear attempt by the mainstream Media and saying he should apologize and he's using this to his advantage. He's saying damn right I'm not gonna apologize because I was right about Iraq. I was right about the Vietnam War and guess what I'm right now I'm right that we should end US support for Saudi Arabia's genocide in Yemen I'm right that we shouldn't intervene in Iran So he's using this to prop himself up when it comes to credibility and he's also He's unapologetically coming out unequivocally against war and that is so important