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Gabbard blasts Iran strike: 'Trump's actions are an act of war'
The Hill ^ | 01/03/20 | Tal Axelrod

Posted on 01/04/2020 5:41:57 PM PST by McGruff

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) ripped President Trump for approving an airstrike against Iran’s top general, calling the attack "an act of war."

“Make no mistake: Trump’s actions are an act of war,” Gabbard, a presidential candidate, said in an email to supporters. “Taken without any authorization or declaration of war from Congress, seriously escalating this tit for tat conflict, pushing us deeper into an endless quagmire and dangerously undermining our national security.”

Gabbard, an Iraq War veteran, has hinged much of her White House bid on ending America’s military involvements abroad and withdrawing troops from the Middle East.

“We need to get out of Iraq and Syria now. That is the only way that we're going to prevent ourselves from being dragged into this quagmire, deeper and deeper into a war with Iran,” the Hawaii Democrat tweeted Friday.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Hawaii; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2020election; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2020; gabbard; hawaii; iran; iraq; maresass; mediawingofthednc; missthreepercent; panderer; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; qasemsoleimani; qudsforce; rop; smearmachine; soleimani; talaxelrod; thehill; thehillary; theshill; tulsigabbard
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To: LeonardFMason

I said we liked her. I never said we’d vote for her. Still won’t.


21 posted on 01/04/2020 5:53:12 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: dfwgator

“I bet her fanclub here is heartbroken.”

Not me gator. She’s a lowly congress critter out of Hawaii, a Berniebot and pure opportunist.

Because she doesn’t take crazy commie anti-American with every breath people acted like she’s something great.

She ain’t.


22 posted on 01/04/2020 5:53:14 PM PST by romanesq (8Chan and its child porn, violence and murders are kaput. So is the QAnon grift with it.)
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To: FreeReign

Time for her to go on Tucker’s show and watch him drool with his big puppy dog eyes again.


23 posted on 01/04/2020 5:53:21 PM PST by JudyinCanada
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To: McGruff

Gabbard fan theme song:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JGwWNGJdvx8


24 posted on 01/04/2020 5:53:52 PM PST by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: Zhang Fei

She’ll never be President, thank God.


25 posted on 01/04/2020 5:55:22 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: KC_Lion

So if 0bama did the same thing in Benghazi would she have said the same thing?


26 posted on 01/04/2020 5:56:14 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: McGruff

“We need to get out of Iraq and Syria now.”
........
She is supposed to bark at Obama.


27 posted on 01/04/2020 5:56:14 PM PST by granada
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To: centurion316

“Gabbard is correct that what Trump did was an act of war.”

Yes, it’s an act of war involving a uniformed FOREIGN combatant on the battlefield.
As Alan Dershowitz pointed out, it’s 100% legal.


28 posted on 01/04/2020 5:56:57 PM PST by romanesq (8Chan and its child porn, violence and murders are kaput. So is the QAnon grift with it.)
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To: dfwgator
Obligatory surfing photo for her fans.

Tulsi Gabbard surfs in frigid New Hampshire waters to ring in new year

29 posted on 01/04/2020 5:57:25 PM PST by McGruff (Does no one is above the law apply to Democrats?)
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To: McGruff

She’s attractive but that’s about it.


30 posted on 01/04/2020 5:58:23 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: McGruff

So was killing our troops.


31 posted on 01/04/2020 6:00:00 PM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: McGruff

That’s nice. Here’s a hanky.


32 posted on 01/04/2020 6:01:31 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Epstein pulled a Carradine, the bozo.)
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To: dfwgator

She’s got a nice body, but a skull full of mush.


33 posted on 01/04/2020 6:01:34 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (If it takes a bloodbath, let's get it over with. No more appeasement. -Ronald Reagan)
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To: McGruff

She agrees with Rand Paul that we need a declaration of war to respond to an attack on our embassy.

No, we don’t. When we march on Tehran, we’ll need a DoW. To send a message telling them to back off of our embassy, the president has all the authority he needs.


34 posted on 01/04/2020 6:02:25 PM PST by marron
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To: McGruff

Tulsi thinks she is the one and only “expert” regarding the Middle East. Her arrogance and condescending attitude on this subject are tiresome.

Other than taking out Skanka Harris, she has no redeeming qualities or accomplishments.

GFY Tulsi.


35 posted on 01/04/2020 6:02:41 PM PST by RooRoobird20 ( "Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves”)
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To: McGruff

Shows her true colors!


36 posted on 01/04/2020 6:03:10 PM PST by Guenevere (Psalm 37)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

“Democrats didn’t seem to have a problem with Obama bombing the snot out of Libya, or trying to overthrow Egypt, or perpetuating a civil war in Syria. All without approval from Congress.”

If Trump was for happiness, Democrats would be for sorrow.

Wait...


37 posted on 01/04/2020 6:03:28 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Epstein pulled a Carradine, the bozo.)
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To: McGruff

Wait, isn’t she in the National Guard? How the hell does she get away with saying this about her commander in chief?


38 posted on 01/04/2020 6:03:37 PM PST by Tejas Rob
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To: McGruff

I keep hearing this was an act of war against Iran. When did we attack Iran?

If we had a Special Forces General in Iran training troops and coordinating attacks, I would expect Iran to try to kill them. And it would not be an act of war. (Our guy being there could be considered one though.)

I certainly would be upset, but the “ Red flag of doom” would not be flying.


39 posted on 01/04/2020 6:03:43 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: All

She probably gained some supporters with her comments, from Iran, Russia, China, Syria, Lebanon...


40 posted on 01/04/2020 6:04:14 PM PST by McGruff (Does no one is above the law apply to Democrats?)
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