This alone tells you Stein has no political acumen and no faith in capitalism.
"It was a huge mistake, but I'd like to see a President who did not make immense mistakes. What about Vietnam? What about Korea?
True, the rich often get away with murder in the executive suite. Bush is partly to blame, but all politicians cater to the rich. What America's high degree thieves suck out of the system is nauseating and I fight it constantly, but that's life."
Iraq has not been a mistake. Viet Nam was not a mistake -- until we left. Korea was not a mistake.
His comment about the "high degree thieves" who "suck (money) out of the system" is pure Marxism. If he wanted to talk about removing barriers to entry and achieving a more Laissez Faire system, then that's one thing. But his comment makes it sound like no CEO is worth hundreds of millions in compensation -- that they must be thieves instead. This is right in line with other comments of his, so it isn't just taken out of context. He writes constantly about how the rich should pay more in taxes. Sickening.
Not in reference to the "high degree thieves" at companies like Enron. Methinks he was deliberately vague with his phrasing, though.
There, fixed it for you. These United States were not defending the borders of this nation in Korea or Vietnam. The same as Iraq. Spreading democracy is not nor was it ever intended to be the business of this nation.