Sanders Refuses To Say if He Would Authorize Unilateral Military Action by the U.S.

STEPHANOPOULOS: “You also, at the debate, were asked about when you would authorize the use of force. And you talked about previous votes authorizing use of force, including in Afghanistan. But you went on to say, ‘I do not support the U.S. getting involved in unilateral action.’ So there are no circumstances where a President Sanders would authorize unilateral action to use force?”

SANDERS: “Well, I’m not going to get into hypotheticals, but this is what I will say. I would say that the decision -- Bush’s decision to get us into a war in Iraq unilaterally was one of the worst foreign policy blunders in the history of the United States. It destabilized the entire region, and led us, in many respects, to where we are today. I think sensible foreign policy and military policies suggest that it cannot be the United States of America alone which solves all of the world’s –“

STEPHANOPOULOS: “In all circumstances?”

SANDERS: “Well, of course, you know, I’m not saying, you know, I don’t want to get into hypotheticals. I didn’t say in all circumstances. But I do believe, number one, and I think that there’s a lesson to be learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, then what a great military power like the United States is about is trying to use diplomacy before war and working with other countries rather than doing it alone.”