Mortensen was in New York for a dramatic reading of Howard Zinn's Voices of a People's History of the United States, which features new additions, including writings from Chelsea Manning and Glenn Greenwald. Democracy Now's Amy Goodman also participated in the event.
Speaking on the terrible consequences of the Iraq War and United States military intervention in the Middle East, Mortensen said,
"I really don't think Hillary Clinton, who voted for the invasion, is going to be bringing the subject up on her own. Neither would Bernie Sanders, frankly, because he also has voted for every military appropriation. He's just as hawkish as she is."
Comment: Though it is refreshing to hear someone in the public eye say the things that Mortensen is saying (and recently with Quentin Tarantino about police violence), there seems to be, out of so many well known people capable of seeing and speaking out against injustice, precious few who are actually doing it.
On another note, we'd do well to remember that most politicians would not even be considered a viable "selection" for the presidency unless they could be more or less counted on take a hawkish line on things, since that's what the U.S.'s shadow government - the puppet masters - are pushing for.