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(319,610 posts)gabbard was always going on fakefox to bash President Obama for "going to start a nuclear war".
Why Tulsi Gabbard cant represent America at the United
By Josh Rogin
November 22, 2016
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"Gabbard is wrong on the facts. The United States has been bombing Jabhat al-Nusra targets, although not as often as attacking the Islamic State. Russian airstrikes have mostly targeted opposition groups that are supported by the United States as well as civilians in opposition held areas."
But whats most unnerving is not Gabbards misunderstanding of the realities of the war in Syria. If she had said that while holding the post of U.N. ambassador, her defense of Russian actions and support for the Bashar al-Assad regime would make America complicit in some of the most horrendous war crimes of the modern era.
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But Trump has never gone so far as to work to prevent the international community from holding the Assad regime and its partners accountable for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Gabbard proudly has.
In March, Gabbard was one of only three lawmakers and the only Democrat to vote against a non-binding resolution calling out the Assad regime for war crimes and stating that the United States should support the establishment of an international tribunal to bring war criminals to justice. She tweeted that the resolution was a thinly veiled call for regime change in Syria and compared it to congressional action before the Iraq and Libya wars.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2016/11/22/why-tulsi-gabbard-cant-represent-america-at-the-united-nations/?utm_term=.c383be56fb5c
And, she's still giving the War Criminal, assad, cover.