“For
too long our leaders have failed us, taking us into one regime change
war after the next, leading us into a new Cold War and arms race,
costing us trillions of our hard-earned tax payer dollars and countless
lives. This insanity must end.”
Donald Trump, circa 2016?
Nope.
That denunciation of John Bolton interventionism came from
Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii during Wednesday night’s
Democratic debate. At 38, she was the youngest candidate on stage.
Gabbard proceeded to rip both the “president and his chickenhawk cabinet (who) have led us to the brink of war with Iran.”
In a
fiery exchange, Congressman Tim Ryan of Ohio countered that America
cannot disengage from Afghanistan: “When we weren’t in there they
started flying planes into our buildings.”
“The
Taliban didn’t attack us on 9/11,” Gabbard replied, “Al-Qaida attacked
us on 9/11. That’s why I and so many other people joined the military,
to go after al-Qaida, not the Taliban.”
When Ryan insisted we must stay engaged, Gabbard shot back:............http://www.unz.com/pbuchanan/memo-to-trump-trade-bolton-for-tulsi/
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