==== Opposition til Irakkrigen ====
Sanders stemte imod beslutningen om at tillade brugen af militær magt mod [[Irak]] i både 1991 og 2002. Han modsatte sig [[USA]]'s [[Invasionen af Irak 2003|invasion af Irak i 2003]]. Han stemte for ''Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2001'' i 2001,<ref>{{cite web |title=Final Vote Results for Roll Call 342 |publisher=Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives |url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2001/roll342.xml |access-date=2020-02-23}}</ref> som siden er blevet set som den lovlige begrundelse for kontroversielle militæraktioner siden den [[Terrorangrebet den 11. september 2001|11. september 2001]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/gregorydjohnsen/60-words-and-a-war-without-end-the-untold-story-of-the-most|title=60 Words And A War Without End: The Untold Story Of The Most Dangerous Sentence In U.S. History|last=Johnsen|first=Gregory D.|publisher=BuzzFeed|language=en-US|date=2014-01-17|access-date=2020-02-23}}</ref> Sanders har senere indrømmet, at han begik en fejltagelse ved at stemme for dette lovforslag.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/12/20/i-was-wrong-bernie-sanders-admits-barbara-lee-only-member-congress-2001-who-had-it|title='I Was Wrong': Bernie Sanders Admits Barbara Lee Only Member of Congress in 2001 Who Had it Right on Afghan War|last=Queally|first=Jon|publisher=Common Dreams|language=en-US|date=2019-12-20|access-date=2020-04-19}}</ref>
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