Posted on 10/04/2021 5:56:33 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), a United States Army Reserve officer, on Sunday weighed in on the U.S. withdrawal out of Afghanistan.
According to Gabbard, the mission in Afghanistan in response to the 9/11 attacks was effective in defeating al-Qaeda. She added that what went wrong was the nation’s leaders “lost sight” of the mission there.
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I suggest you go educate yourself because deterrence is the principal reason for having a force in being - to persuade others to resort to diplomacy rather than military action.
These are not missions. They are tactics.
What? I guess the Infantry Field Manual has changed since I retired. I'm just an old soldier and don't know what I am talking about.
Gabbard is seeing that the Biden regime is quickly crumbling and that the Squad and their ilk are pushing the Democrat party off the cliff. She also knows that should Kamala become POTUS the Democrats might become extinct. While I do not trust her, she is setting herself up to be a voice of sanity in the party and a new party leader when the rest of the party leadership is gone.
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