Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard introduces bill to end illegal war on Assad and CIA ops

[anaconda]

Your analysis depends on GOP voters being so stupid as to think that fighting Assad = fighting ISIS when the opposite is true. Granted there are a lot of stupid GOP voters. But France's declaration that the world should quit trying to topple Assad and instead focus on ISIS is helpful. #standwithfrance = #standwithassad.

But the voters also think that Saddam Hussein attacked the World Trade Center and before that threw babies out of incubators.

 

[vita3]

Austin Scott (R) is co-sponsor w/ Tulsi. He represents Georgia's 8th district & is also on House Armed Service Committee.

 

[Batman]

Where was she hiding until now?

Tulsi Gabbard was at the filliblizzard. She has been at forefront of many Liberty issues. I'd rank her below Amash but light years ahead of Cruz or Lee.

 

[JohnCollins]

Your analysis depends on GOP voters being so stupid as to think that fighting Assad = fighting ISIS when the opposite is true. Granted there are a lot of stupid GOP voters. But France's declaration that the world should quit trying to topple Assad and instead focus on ISIS is helpful. #standwithfrance = #standwithassad.

I don't believe in "stand with Assad" because that'd have all sorts of unintended consequences with the Sunnis, but otherwise I agree completely and would rep you if I could. Most Republicans opposed Obama's intervention in 2013 - Congressmen and voters. If Rand presents Assad as a distraction from the real goal of defeating ISIS, he won't have an issue with the grassroots.

 

[JohnCollins]

But the voters also think that Saddam Hussein attacked the World Trade Center and before that threw babies out of incubators.

That was after a decade of constant Republican fearmongering about Hussein.

We've only had about a year of full-on fearmongering about Assad. By not backing Obama in 2013, they conceded that Assad is not relevant to the goal of defeating ISIS, and voters can see the hypocrisy. The current front runner in the GOP race seems to prioritize ISIS over Assad, and he doesn't have a problem, he's polling 10% ahead of the rest of the field. Rand's problem is not his foreign policy outlook, it's that he appears weak. Right now his main foreign policy talking point is that we're spending too much on the military. Instead, he should be hammering Rubio on supporting Hillary's war in Libya against a country which cooperated with us closely in the aftermath of a deal made by the Bush administration and supporting aid to the Muslim Brotherhood in Libya and Syria and also aid to the corrupt Islamist government in Pakistan that has one of the worst records of persecuting Christians. He is going soft on this for some reason, maybe his strategists rejected this approach, but from what I recall this is what Rand was saying through 2013 and 2014 during the time he was the front runner.

 

[vita3]

Obama will NOT veto this.

That's crazy talk

Public opinion is starting to shift big time, into NOT getting rid of another strongman in ME.

& if this bill would pass, more shifting will have happened. there is no way in the World Obama would dare kill it.

 

[georgiaboy]

Austin Scott (R) is co-sponsor w/ Tulsi. He represents Georgia's 8th district & is also on House Armed Service Committee.

well how about that. Pretty cool. This seems to me to represent a crack in solidarity within the Georgia Republican conference - true?

 

[JohnCollins]

well how about that. Pretty cool. This seems to me to represent a crack in solidarity within the Georgia Republican conference - true?

Price and Westmoreland also voted against aid to the Syrian rebels when it came up last year. Hice and Loudermilk opposed it on the campaign trail.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard: Keep Syrian President Assad in place, fight ISIS

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard: Keep Syrian President Assad in place, fight ISIS
Tal Kopan, CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) — A House Democrat is calling for the U.S. to let Syrian President Bashar Assad stay in power — a position in stark contrast with President Barack Obama, much of her party and the GOP.

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, told CNN on Friday that it’s time for the U.S. to stop its “illegal, counter-productive war to overthrow the Syrian government of Assad.”

Speaking with CNN’s Chris Cuomo in Paris — where Gabbard was visiting a memorial to the victims of the terror attacks there with flowers from her home state — the second-term congresswoman said removing Assad would help terrorists.

“I don’t think Assad should be removed,” Gabbard said. “If Assad is removed and overthrown, ISIS, al-Qaeda, al-Nusra, these Islamic extremist groups will walk straight in and take over all of Syria … they will be even stronger.”
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More: http://khon2.com/2015/11/20/rep-tulsi-gabbard-keep-syrian-president-assad-in-place-fight-isis/

 

[Dr. Dog]

Tulsi Gabbard was at the filliblizzard. She has been at forefront of many Liberty issues. I'd rank her below Amash but light years ahead of Cruz or Lee.

Seriously??? That's an insane statement. She's a progressive statist through-and-through.

• 
  [*=left]Supports federal stimulus spending. (Sep 2012)
  [*=left]Voted YES on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act. (Feb 2013)
  [*=left]Enforce against wage discrimination based on gender. (Feb 2013)
  [*=left]Tax incentives for wind, solar, biomass and wave energy. (Nov 2012)
  [*=left]Supports regulating greenhouse gas emissions. (Sep 2012)
  [*=left]Require labeling genetically engineered food. (Apr 2013)
  [*=left]$500M and 3,000 troops to Africa to fight Ebola. (Jul 2014)
  [*=left]Opposes repealing ObamaCare. (Sep 2012)
  [*=left]Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016. (Jan 2014)
  [*=left]Supports an income tax increase. (Sep 2012)
  [*=left]Voted NO on maintaining work requirement for welfare recipients. (Mar 2013)

http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Tulsi_Gabbard.htm

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[surf]

Seriously??? That's an insane statement. She's a progressive statist through-and-through.

obviously that depends on your viewpoint. imo, our fastest way to reinstating minimal freedoms is ending warfare. for me, peace is the most important issue.

Dennis Kucinich was a peace ally and it was a shame to lose him. i'm with Tulsi on this one and I hope Amash and Massie join this effort as well.

edit: "light years" may be an understatement when used to relate the pro-war stance of Cruz and Lee with anyone that prefers peace.

 

[jllundqu]

here she is.
this gal's great. Rand should get a hold of her.

Dood.... I'd like to 'get a hold of her' KWIM? I don't know what her other policy positions are, but I just got a democrat-boner listening to that clip.

 

[Yieu]

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[JohnCollins]

obviously that depends on your viewpoint. imo, our fastest way to reinstating minimal freedoms is ending warfare. for me, peace is the most important issue.

Dennis Kucinich was a peace ally and it was a shame to lose him. i'm with Tulsi on this one and I hope Amash and Massie join this effort as well.

edit: "light years" may be an understatement when used to relate the pro-war stance of Cruz and Lee with anyone that prefers peace.

What makes Mike Lee pro war and Gabbard anti war? Their policies on Syria, Iran and ISIS are quite similar. Lee isn't a neocon, and Gabbard isn't Dennis Kucinich.

 

[vita3]

Ending the war in Syria is priority no#1 for stopping Intl criminal cabal that took over on 9.11.01

Nice to see a "D" & a "R" put this proposal out.

 

[surf]

What makes Mike Lee pro war and Gabbard anti war? Their policies on Syria, Iran and ISIS are quite similar. Lee isn't a neocon, and Gabbard isn't Dennis Kucinich.

I read "Lee" as "Rubio", my bad. but i'm with anyone that is trying to end the US constant state of war

 

[bunklocoempire]

My four thoughts and a prediction:

1. Telling only as much truth as you have to gets you ahead with people.

2. Gabbard, and her and her father's political msm approved role playing in Hawaii over the years scares the crap out of me. Their roles have been too perfect.

3. Fox "News" loves this woman.

4. When I first saw and heard Senator Obama I knew he was perfect handler's material for PUSA, I had the same feeling seeing and hearing T Gabbard for the first time vying for congress.

A prediction, why not? I predict T. Gabbard will eventually be a VP pick or presidential candidate for the establishment. If candidate for PUSA she will win. She'll be that proven minority woman candidate that has battled America's greatest foes -even battling lava...

Not neccessarily talking about the RPFs, but scared & prideful itching ears eat this stuff up, & Gabbard never gets around to a clear truth that her positions are supposedly based on ...Obama-vu all over again. If she ever had to walk back anything, people would defend her ala Obama/Gitmo etc.

I hope to be proved embarrassingly wrong.

 

[Yieu]

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[JohnCollins]

My four thoughts and a prediction:

1. Telling only as much truth as you have to gets you ahead with people.

2. Gabbard, and her and her father's political msm approved role playing in Hawaii over the years scares the crap out of me. Their roles have been too perfect.

3. Fox "News" loves this woman.

4. When I first saw and heard Senator Obama I knew he was perfect handler's material for PUSA, I had the same feeling seeing and hearing T Gabbard for the first time vying for congress.

A prediction, why not? I predict T. Gabbard will eventually be a VP pick or presidential candidate for the establishment. If candidate for PUSA she will win. She'll be that proven minority woman candidate that has battled America's greatest foes -even battling lava...

Not neccessarily talking about the RPFs, but scared & prideful itching ears eat this stuff up, & Gabbard never gets around to a clear truth that her positions are supposedly based on ...Obama-vu all over again. If she ever had to walk back anything, people would defend her ala Obama/Gitmo etc.

I hope to be proved embarrassingly wrong.

I think her Hinduism will be a disqualifier, at least for now. 2024, maybe.

 

[Dr. Dog]

I think her Hinduism will be a disqualifier, at least for now. 2024, maybe.

Let's hope forever.