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Well, in the wake of the attacks, Gabbard has apparently had just about enough of Washington vacillating in the fight against terror just so the US can ensure that ISIS continues to destabilize Assad and now, with bi-partisan support, the brazen Hawaii Democrat has introduced legislation to end the illegal war to overthrow Assad.
Gabbard, who fought in Iraq twice has partnered with Republican Adam Scott on the bill. Heres AP:
In an unusual alliance, a House Democrat and Republican have teamed up to urge the Obama administration to stop trying to overthrow Syrian President Bashar Assad and focus all its efforts on destroying Islamic State militants.
Reps. Tulsi Gabbard, a Democrat, and Austin Scott, a Republican, introduced legislation on Friday to end what they called an illegal war to overthrow Assad, the leader of Syria accused of killing tens of thousands of Syrian citizens in a more than four-year-old civil war entangled in a battle against IS extremists, also known as ISIS.
The U.S. is waging two wars in Syria, Gabbard said. The first is the war against ISIS and other Islamic extremists, which Congress authorized after the terrorist attack on 9/11. The second war is the illegal war to overthrow the Syrian government of Assad.
Scott said, Working to remove Assad at this stage is counter-productive to what I believe our primary mission should be.
Since 2013, the CIA has trained an estimated 10,000 fighters, although the number still fighting with so-called moderate forces is unclear. CIA-backed rebels in Syria, who had begun to put serious pressure on Assads forces, are now under Russian bombardment with little prospect of rescue by their American patrons, U.S. officials say.
For years, the CIA effort had foundered so much so that over the summer, some in Congress proposed cutting its budget. Some CIA-supported rebels had been captured; others had defected to extremist groups.
Gabbard complained that Congress has never authorized the CIA effort, though covert programs do not require congressional approval, and the program has been briefed to the intelligence committees as required by law, according to congressional aides who are not authorized to be quoted discussing the matter.
https://www.intellihub.com/u-s-congresswoman-introduces-bill-to-stop-illegal-war-on-assad-says-cia-ops-must-stop/
she also calls for the restoration of the Glass Steagall Act. Good for her.
malaise
(269,045 posts)The war against Iraq was also illegal
nationalize the fed
(2,169 posts)Where has Tulsi Gabbard been all America's life?
I'd walk over broken glass to vote for Rep. Gabbard. Finally America has a Clare Daly
This is what a LIBERAL sounds like
(Special post for those who never open videos. If a picture is worth a thousand words..)
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)Not surprisingly though, the establishment Democrats actually banned her from the Democratic debate for actually being a patriot. This is what a REAL liberal looks like.
LuvNewcastle
(16,846 posts)I'm glad at least two people in Congress are thinking straight on this issue. Sure, Assad is a bad man, but who would replace him? I trust Assad more than the CIA.
newfie11
(8,159 posts)odd_duck
(107 posts)Congresswoman avoids flying in small aircraft and does not 'slip on a banana peel'.......
newfie11
(8,159 posts)The voice of sanity amongst idiots in Congress.
demwing
(16,916 posts)summerschild
(725 posts)Continuing to try to overthrow Assad has NEVER made any sense.
Have we learned nothing?!!!