>POTUS wants troops out of Syria.
>Mattis fired for speaking against the decision.
>Senators with (((AIPAC talking points))) say we should not leave Syria
Laser target designator:
>Now on TV Trump says "we have to defend Israel"
I'm responding to this call for support.
Let's remember where the left is, and help POTUS end this butchery and deceit.
Our Senators know they are lying in their speeches when they blame Assad.
This is about the Israel lobby and AIPAC.
The Democrat vs Republican divide is false.
Its about (((them))) vs US
Guardian 2017: Tulsi Gabbard reveals she met Assad in Syria
"Hawaiian congresswoman claims she went on a ‘fact-finding’ mission in support of ‘peace’ for Syrian people, but characterized US-backed rebels as ‘terrorists’"
"Democratic leaders were mum on the decision by one of their sitting lawmakers to meet with a dictator whom the [AIPAC talking points] US government has dubbed a war criminal for his use of chemical weapons against civilians."
"Adam Kinzinger, a Republican congressman from Illinois, was among few lawmakers to immediately condemn Gabbard’s actions. (((AIPAC talking points)))
“It is sad and a shame and a disgrace,” Kinzinger told reporters at a Republican policy retreat in Philadelphia. “In no way should any member of Congress, should any government official, ever travel to meet with a guy that has killed 500,000 people and 50,000 children.”"
"“She has the audacity to say that everywhere she went people supported Assad,” Kinzinger said. “Of course, when you have an Assad-led tour, he’s only going to take you to places where people like him”."
Evan McMullin, a former independent candidate for president in the 2016 presidential election, asked on Twitter: “Why are so many of our leaders becoming stooges of foreign dictators and war criminals? @TulsiGabbard @realDonaldTrump This is America!”
Senator John McCain, who went to Syria in 2013 to meet opposition groups and was criticized by the Assad regime for doing so, reportedly said (((AIPAC talking points))) Gabbard’s visit “send[s] the wrong signal”.
“It kind of legitimizes a guy who butchered 400,000 of his own people,” the senator from Arizona said.
"…a spokesman for New York congressman Eliot Engel, the ranking Democrat on the panel, told the Guardian.
“Mr Engel’s position on Assad is well established,” the spokesman, Tim Mulvey, said (((AIPAC talking points))) in a statement. “He’s a war criminal and a murderer, he has supported and benefited from terrorism, he has close ties to Russia, and he cannot have a role in Syria’s future.”"
“Whatever you think of President Assad, the fact is that he is the president of Syria,” Gabbard said. “In order for any possibility of a viable peace agreement to occur, there has to be a conversation with him.”
"Gabbard said her trip to the region was born from “the suffering of the Syrian people that has been weighing heavily on my heart.”"
But in 2015, she was one of just 47 Democrats who sided with Republicans and backed a GOP-sponsored measure that would essentially block Syrian and Iraqi refugees from resettling in the US. Gabbard was also a vocal critic of the Obama administration – which repeatedly called for Assad to step down – for arming Syrian rebel groups.
In November, Gabbard met with then president-elect Donald Trump to discuss foreign policy. Trump has stated he will end assistance to US-backed Syrian rebels. His son, Donald Trump Jr, met privately with pro-Russia diplomats and political figures in October to discuss the Syrian conflict.
Guardian spin:
During her interview with CNN, Gabbard claimed the US was funding terrorist groups by assisting Syrian rebels and (((AIPAC talking points))) further pushed a talking point propagated by the Assad regime and the Russian government that there are no moderate rebels in Syria.
“Repeatedly I was told there is no difference between ‘moderate’ rebels and al-Qaeda (al-Nusra) or Isis – they are all the same,” Gabbard wrote.
“Although opposed to the Assad government, the political opposition leaders adamantly rejected violence as a way to bring about reforms.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/26/tulsi-gabbard-bashar-al-assad-syria-democrats
Tulsi Gabbard's op ed - pay wall:
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2017/01/26/editorial/island-voices/u-s-must-stop-helping-terrorists-fighting-syrias-government/