Posted on 01/27/2017 8:12:21 PM PST by Rufus Shinra
Tulsi Gabbard, a Democrat congresswoman from Hawaii who made waves in her party last year by refusing to support Hillary Clinton, has just returned from a fact-finding trip to Syria where she says she met with the Syrian people and President Assad himself.
Gabbard is an army veteran whose name became more well known after one of the Wikileaks Podesta email dumps, which showed an email from Democratic operative and former Clinton Foundation Director Darnell Strom chastising her for supporting Sanders over Hillary, while also eliminating their funding of her campaign because of her decision..
"You have called both myself and Michael Kives before about helping your campaign raise money, we no longer trust your judgment so will not be raising money for your campaign."It should come as no surprise then that, after her own party treated her like an outcast for daring to support a candidate other than Clinton, Gabbard decided to cross party lines after the election and met with Donald Trump to discuss the ongoing war in Syria along with the TPP (which she adamantly opposed).
On Wednesday Tulsi Gabbard returned from a trip to Syria, which she described as a "fact-finding" mission and did not previously make public. Gabbard 's press office stated that she met with Syria's President Assad to discuss strategies to bring an end to the brutal civil war that has claimed the lives of over 400,000 people.
During an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper upon her return to the states Gabbard said the Syrian people were very happy to see her, but were not happy about the Obama administration funding and arming terror groups operating in Syria, who are trying to topple the government in order to take over the country for themselves.
Tapper started referencing tweets that were critical of Gabbard for meeting with President Assad, while also claiming that he's responsible for the deaths of thousands and even gassing his own people, trying to to make it appear as if she should never have met with such a leader to begin with.
That's where Tapper and CNN get a dose of truth that always makes them extremely uncomfortable, as they never stray too far from the established Obama/Democrat endorsed narrative.
Gabbard starts out by saying, "I'll tell you what I heard from the Syrian people, that I met with walking down the streets in Aleppo, in Damascus."
"They expressed happiness and joy at seeing an American walking their streets, but they expressed the question, why is it that the United States, its allies and other countries, are providing support, are providing arms, to terrorist groups like Al-Nusra, Al-Qaeda, ISIS, who are on the ground there, raping, kidnapping, torturing, and killing the Syrian people? Children, men, women and people of all ages."Gabbard continues, making sure that her point was getting across clearly and that the voices of the Syrian people would be heard.
“They asked me why is the United States supporting these terrorist groups who are destroying Syria – when it was Al-Qaeda who attacked the United States on 9/11, not Syria. I didn’t have an answer for that.“Tapper jumps in before it goes any further, clearly appearing uncomfortable, by saying, "Obviously the United States government denies providing help to the terrorist groups you're talking about, they say they provide help for the rebel groups..."
Gabbard jumps in, eager to point out the myth about these "moderate rebels", who the Obama administration has admitted funding and arming.
“The reality is, Jake, and I’m glad you bought up that point. Every place that I went, every person I spoke to, I asked this question to them. And without hesitation, they said there are no moderate rebels, who are these moderate rebels that people keep speaking of?"If there were moderate rebels, then weapons and equipment that were shipped to Syria by Obama wouldn't have mysteriously always ended up in the hands of ISIS. Who could forget the following picture from 2015 showing a Texas plumbing company's truck fitted with what looks like a makeshift anti-aircraft gun and being used by ISIS on their front lines.“Regardless of the name of these groups, the strongest fighting force on the ground in Syria is Al-Nusra or Al-Qaeda and ISIS. That is a fact. There are a number of different other groups, all of them are fighting alongside, with or under the command of the strongest group on the ground that is trying to overthrow Assad.”
Tulsi Gabbard only confirms what many Americans who have been paying attention to the war already know, that there are no "moderate rebel" groups fighting in Syria, only government forces versus terror groups like ISIS and Al-Qaeda who want to take over the country as their own Islamist state. The Syrian people need look no further than what happened in countries like Libya when their leader was overthrown, with the support of Hillary Clinton's State Department at the time.
Finally, Gabbard relays a dramatic plea from the Syrian people to the United States, and one that finally may have a hope of being heard since President Trump is now in office.
"The Syrian people recognize, and they know that if president Assad is overthrown the Al-Qaeda or a group like them, that has been killing Christians, killing people simply because of their religion or because they won't support their terror activities, then they will take charge of all of Syria. This is the reality of what the people of Syria are facing on the ground and why they are pleading with the United States to stop supporting these terrorist groups, and to let the Syrian people determine their own future."Watch the full explosive interview with Tulsi Gabbard below:
If she switched parties, she’d never win another state election in HI. If she’s with Trump on this issue, she’s an asset even if she has a D after her name.
What was her vote on the national Islam day for Hawaii? Sept 24th? What is her opinion of it now? My husband and I decided we would take Hawaii off our bucket list, because something evil reigns there. So we are working on an alternate spot with volcanoes and heat.. Midway is off the list because it’s restricted and unrealistic even if you could get permission. I am still thinking of an Aleutian island, but only in the summer. Don’t laugh, I get cold. After being stationed in ft wainwright I know my limits.
I completely forgot about guns on my list! Well, it was 3am when I wrote it.
Yes, we don’t need her. Now, if in some way, she wants to reform her party - in a good way! - I’m all for it. But we simply don’t need her.
Go to Sicily. Mount Etna is a great spot. Even a scaredy cat like me couldn’t stop from driving to the top. I still remember a traveling partner refusing to believe all the black stuff on our boots was ash. Then, you can return to Catania or, even better, Taormina for a little sun and sand.
National Islam Day? Can we give Hawaii back to the Polynesians??
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Fascinating memory, thank you for sharing. How sad.
Go be a fan of Putin and Assad whose family killed 250 Marines, Syria who attacks Christian nations like that crap-hole Russia that attacked a Christian nation, Russia that burns bibles.
http://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ufa-hospital/28263443.html
“At a hospital in Ufa, Russia, a broken elevator means some injured patients have to crawl up and down the stairs to their X-ray appointments. A video shared online led to the dismissal of the hospital’s director — but there have been no reports of a repaired elevator. (RFE/RL’s Russian Service)”
Tulsi Gabbards is a clown, her career is over,
Well, there’s a reasoned response to a call for factual investigation of what Bashir al Assad has really done since 2007,
since that is when he became president - before that he was an optometrist in England
10 years ago and Pelosi and kerry were over there at his dinner table. So when and how did the man kill 500,000 Syrian citizens ? And get reelected twice
Btw you are aware it was Iran that ordered the destruction of the marine barracks in Lebanon? Right? Admiral James Lyons briefed the public about that and the fact that Caspar Weinberger refused to authorize a retaliatory strike.
As for Putin I am gd sick of the false dilemma argument that seeking common ground with Russia against ISIS instead of provoking WW3 is being a Putin fan.
Get your head out of that dark moist place
Sicily? I will look into that, but I am not so sure about the Med, at this time, due to the islamophiles in Europe. If we go to the Med, it would be a Bilblical tour.There are a few pacific atolls and islands.. Somone had spoken of the coastal South South America.. I want to say somewhere in Chile..
The reality about guys. Many of us don’t care too much about skin. I have never heard a guy say, she has great skin. We like a good smile, and she has a great smile. In fact, I think a women’s smile is her most important physical asset. She also has great eyes. Many Indian women do. And just like a girl in a catholic school uniform is attractive, so is a women in a military uniform if she has a good shape. This women has a good shape. And she has lots of photos in uniform.
But you are right. When she is in DC, she dresses very conservatively. I bet she is always cold. However, if you google her images, you will find her surfing and dressing better back in her Hawaiian district.
Thank you. I posted in haste. Won’t do that again.
Assad is a bad guy. But you are not going to get a good guy in Syria. The issue is not conquering Syria. Its holding Syria. You need a strongman. And that is not always pretty. The guy that holds Syria will spend his life behind castle walls and twenty body guards at all times.
I think we have found that both George Bush and Obama were very wrong about the middle east. The people will not rise up and embrace democracy. Like Chicago, they will form gangs and kill one another. Might makes right. And that is rarely more true than in the middle-east. If you want peace in Syria, you support a guy who can hold the country.
If Assad has one attribute that we can’t live with, its his exporting of forces outside of Syria like Lebanon and Israel. If we can have an agreement that we will leave him alone in Syria, and he agrees to stay out of Lebanon, Iraq and Israel, I think we have grounds for a truce.
I just don’t see her great beauty, sorry, and that has nothing to do with her party affiliation. She has a rough complexion. Guys may not say “she has great skin” but they notice it. When was the last time the high school football star asked out the acne-ridden book worm?
how does somebody like that, vote RAT???
All I see are the aborted children from the pro-”choice” policies she supports.
I read that she is also a Hindu and likes to surf.
Hopefully she will be one of Trump’s sharp swords.
maybe we can flip her
Just a guess, of course.
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