Tulsi Gabbard Speaks the Truth on Syria, Gets Smeared by the Mainstream Media
SputnikNews.com
29.01.2017
US mainstream media outlets, pundits and officials have pulled out all the stops in attempting to smear Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, who traveled to Syria earlier this month and then had the courage to criticize the US’s policy of funding and arming terrorists affiliated with al-Qaeda on national television.
Gabbard, a Bernie Sanders supporter who resigned from her position as vice-chair of the Democratic National Committee to support the anti-war candidate last February, traveled to Syria on a fact-finding mission earlier this month, where she had an unexpected meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad.
A combat veteran with two tours of duty in Iraq under her belt, Gabbard has been outspoken among US politicians in pushing for peace in Syria. Shortly after Trump’s election, Gabbard surprised pundits and many members of her own party by meeting with the President-elect to discuss Syria and the fight against Daesh.
On Wednesday, Gabbard spoke to CNN’s Jake Tapper, and defended her decision to go to Syria and to meet with the Syrian President. “If we profess to truly care about the Syrian people, about their suffering, then we’ve got to be able to meet with anyone that we need to if there’s a possibility that we could achieve peace,” she said.
After Tapper interjected to blame Assad for the violence, and accused Gabbard of “giving [the Syrian President] enhanced credibility” by meeting with him, the Congresswoman responded by stressing that “whatever you think about President Assad, the fact is that he is the President of Syria. In order for any peace agreement, in order for any possibility of a viable peace agreement to occur, there has to be a conversation with him.”
Gabbard stressed that it should be up to Syrians to determine Assad’s fate, “what happens with their government and their future.”
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