In the 2016 primary debates, Democrats were asked on average approximately 2 questions per debate on Foreign Policy. On the other side, Republicans were asked on average over 5 questions per debate on Foreign Policy. Foreign Policy is a core fear-mongering tool of the Republican Party––from ignoring climate change and its global implications to demonizing immigrants and Muslims or instilling the fear of "terrorism" and war. If we want a Democratic president in 2020, Democratic candidates must learn how to answer and argue on behalf of progressive foreign policy principles and stances. Just this week, Donald Trump said that he could kill 10 million people in Afghanistan if he wanted to. In previous months, he has cut off humanitarian aid to Palestine, threatened Iran with war, and increased military presence at the US-Mexico border. Democrats, media, and debate hosts can't keep pushing this issue under the rug in the hopes that it will go away. It won't. Sign the petition to CNN if you agree that it's time to seriously address Foreign Policy and all the implications it brings to our domestic policies––including increasingly militarized police and a bloated pentagon budget––on the debate stage next week.

George W. Bush and his White House committed war crimes, including the greatest war crime of all, starting a war of choice. Yet these people are still free, and one of them (Bolton) is trying his best to repeat his crimes on a grander scale.

To begin the process of holding war criminals in our own ranks accountable for their actions and help restore America's credibility and the public's faith in our institutions and processes.

Stop war with Iran.

preventing war with Iran The current rhetoric against Iran sounds alarmingly similar to how the Bush regime spoke about Iraq With Iran shooting down a U.S. drone that they say was in their airspace and trump reaction we are going to that direction and we need to stop the war. a war between the U.S. and Iran would be “catastrophic” for the Middle East

The U.S. allots over half our discretionary spending to the military. This encourages war and deficit spending while taking resources from higher priorities like environmental restoration, healthcare and education. This must be reversed.

I started this petition because I don't want to see my country divided by yet another undeclared war, nor do I want to see the world plunged into a needless war.

At any minute, the President of the United States can start a nuclear war all by himself — a war that could kill everyone on the planet. There’s no such thing as a small nuclear war. You, me, everyone we know and love, would be impacted. It’s terrifying. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Right now, dozens of candidates are running to be our next Commander-in-chief. We need to get them on the record NOW committed to making this important policy shift the official policy for the United States. Add your name to demand a public commitment from every 2020 presidential candidate to institute a policy against the first use of nuclear weapons if elected president.

This petition is being made to stop the consumption of live animals. There are so many "delicate" dishes that involve inhumane practices and suffering. There is a popular dish in Guangdong, monkeys are put under a table where there head pokes through the top, and you are to eat there brain while they are still alive screaming! In china there is a dish called ying yang yu. It is a fish half severely fried but just enough to where its organs are undamaged and its head untouched so it can live for 30 minutes. Its sickening to see people laugh at its pain and poke it for a reaction, all i see is the pain in its eyes as it begs to die. There is a dish in China called Huo Jiao Lu. It is the practice of eating a live donkey. They tie its legs together and cut into it and serve the pieces of the suffering animal directly to the customer. The animal stays alive until it can no longer handle the pain and loses to much blood. These are only the few of so many, please help me to end this pain and save the animals that suffer for entertainment and satisfaction.

We have ALL been affected by war in some way. My son is a disabled veteran due to the last war, that was useless. This war is being started to stop the impeachment! We must take care of our children at home. We need to stop the violence at our schools! We have to have money appropriated for our children's education. That should be our #1 priority!

It is wrong to hurt innocent people for profit. We have been under pricing oil for years that has affected the Veneuelan economy badly. The economy falls and we must help the people trapped in the country. The way to do that is give them a way to make a living.

The New York Tines reports that war mongers in the Trump administration are planning on sending thousands of troops to the Middle East to threaten Iran. We urge you to stand against this illegal plan and oppose any funding or approval for military action against the Iranian government or the people of the country, and to use your voice to speak out against violence and aggression against Iran.