Sanders Hits Clinton on Libya; ISIS Has a ‘Strong Foothold’ After the Overthrow of Gaddafi

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SANDERS: "You know, there’s a long story in the “New York Times” today detailing secretary Clinton’s role in pushing the president on Libya at the time, helping to step in to overthrow Gadhafi. Let me ask you this, would Libya be in better shape today if Gadhafi were still in power?"
SANDERS: "Let me say this, secretary Clinton and I have very strong differences of opinion on foreign policy. I help lead the opposition to this disastrous war in Iraq, she supported it. To answer your question, no one can speculate. Nobody knows. But I think in terms of regime change, whether it is Gadhafi, whether it is Assad in Syria these are terrible dictators, but you’ve got to be thinking about what happens the day after the kind of political vacuum that occurs in Libya of course as a result of the overthrow of Gadhafi, ISIS now has a strong foothold. I would have done it differently if I were president of the United States. Secretary Clinton also believes — no, I would have worked more patiently. I know it’s a difficult situation, but you can’t just go forward with regime change. You got to be thinking about the day after. And I think the same thing is true in Syria. Secretary Clinton disagrees with President Obama and myself regarding a no-fly zone. I fear that can get us entangled more into that war. I certainly hope that the cease-fire that they have now holds negotiated by secretary Kerry. But I think her approach to foreign policy and mine are just quite different."