The 2020 Democratic hopeful has defended dictators while calling for the U.S. to be more aggressive in killing suspected terrorists.
2020 Democratic hopeful Rep. Tulsi Gabbard used the phrase “regime change war” nine times during Tuesday’s presidential primary debate in response to a question about America’s involvement in the Syrian civil war.
But “regime change war” is an inaccurate description of America’s role in Syria: U.S. involvement has been haphazard and inconsistent — but neither President Barack Obama nor President Donald Trump has tried to overthrow Syrian dictator Bashar Assad. The slaughter in Syria was not, as Gabbard claimed, entirely prompted by U.S. troops, but by Assad, who has responded to popular protests by killing those who oppose his rule.
As a member of Congress, Gabbard has joined Republicans in excoriating Obama for declining to describe members of the so-called Islamic State, also known as ISIS, as “radical Islamic terrorists” — a decision clearly meant to avoid linking Islam with terrorism. Gabbard also aligned with the GOP in supporting a 2015 bill to freeze the admission of Syrian refugees fleeing ISIS — an effort Trump would later implement through executive action.
“In short, when it comes to the war against terrorists, I’m a hawk,” she told the Hawaii Tribune-Herald in 2016. “When it comes to counterproductive wars of regime change, I’m a dove.”
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