Are you the current MIC/deep state/establishment minder assigned to Caitlin? I've noticed you polluting other articles with your BS too. Sadly there's no option to down vote on here, and you're at least polite enough with your behavior not to earn a flag.
BTW, those of us who are against interventionist wars and believe that the very definition of diplomacy is speaking with "your enemy", applaud Tulsi for blazing her own trail and seeking facts for herself by talking to all sides. So sorry that doesn't fit into your "Assad = Hitler so don't talk to him" or your "Mother May I" narrative.
Well said indeed ctpatriot!
ctpatriot: Good Reply Thank you.
there is an option to downvote use the flag
As a member of the US congress, Tulsi Gabbard is responsible for decisions on whether to declare war against another nation. She is certainly not the first US congressperson to embark on a first-hand fact finding mission so that she could make an informed decision. That includes, eeeeek, talking to our alleged enemy in order to hear all sides. It's kind of pointless to go on a mission like that and only talk to the side that agress with us, don't you think? I mean you might as well just walk over to the CIA HQ and get your opinion from them.
Assad may be a war criminal. He's still the elected leader of a sovereign nation and someone who controls one side of the conflict. Hard to really understand that side without talking to its leaders. Or I suppose you can just automatically and unequivocally accept whatever the US establishment says the other side is thinking and write them off as socialists and Islamic terrorists and war criminals. By which logic we shouldn't be talking to the leaders of Saudi Arabia or Israel either. We probably shouldn't even be talking to ourselves considering how many war crimes the leaders of this country have committed over the last two decades.
well said, ctpatriot! Tulsi Gabbard is regarded highly by her constituents for good reason. If only there were more like her!