Tulsi Gabbard launches petition to end Democratic Party superdelegate process

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143. ??? A president can refrain from interventionism

which is what she has said she would have done (in the case of Iraq, Libya, and Syria, IIRC). Obama (to some extent) and Hillary (for sure) felt differently, working to destabilize Syria and Libya, and in the process blowing up local living conditions in the region so people fled the war zone in droves (they also were dealing with drought, which added to the refugee problem).

I agree we should be receptive to the refugees, and on this I do not agree with Tulsi.

But it's far more important to not create war zones and failed states that people have to flee from. There's no comparison. Causing the refugee crisis is a far greater offense, these people had homes and a homeland before we laid them to waste.

I read the article you linked. I am not qualified to judge the merits or lack of merits of the BJP, just don't know enough about it and won't take one article's word on it.

Strange to me to see the article claiming she is attacking the administration's foreign policy from the right, I don't see it that way, I think the article is a hit-piece.

Another place the article seemed quite unfair, it criticized Tulsi as an ally of Sheldon Adelson, because she apparently opposes internet gambling, and that opposition presumably benefits casino owner Adelson. I think it's a progressive position to oppose gambling, its main result is to distribute money upwards into the pockets of whoever is running the gambling. Is there more to this? Has she actually allied with Adelson? I don't think so. If you have evidence of it, I'll look at it.

I've seen Tulsi speak in person, she is excellent on a number of issues. She may not be excellent on others. But she spends most of her speaking time speaking out against military interventionism, a great cause that I am all in favor of, and that far too few in our own party actually are brave enough to take on.

I pretty much share her negative views of Islam (assuming I understand her position correctly), though for me I would include every organized religion, they all suck. But there is clearly an Islamic problem that foments violence against supposed infidels. Is that Islamophobia? Some may think so, I don't.

I probably disagree with her some when she says it's not about them having broken lives and economies (she says it's strictly ideological, or that's what your article says she says anyways). In my experience comfortable happy people are far less likely to violently strike out against others. So I would favor efforts to withdraw our military from the region, and to support stability and regional autonomy rather than imperial interests.

Bernie has excellent judgment about who he hangs out with, I think he knows who she is and he welcomes her as a spokesperson.