“It makes no sense for us to consider going back there and getting involved in what truly is a religious civil war. What real difference would it make on the ground? And secondly, is it in the best interests of the United States to do that? I would say that those questions are not being answered in a compelling way that would cause me to support that.” WayWarRealStatesCausesInterestDifferencesReligiousUnitedUnited StatesSupportAirMilitaryInvolvedIraqStrikesCivil WarCompelling Author:Tulsi Gabbard
“It's easy to say, let's go in and get the bad guys. But you have a divided country of Sunnis and Shias. The United States goes and takes action there on behalf of the Iraqi government. You've got Iran coming in and saying we're going to stand with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, so now we're aligning ourselves with Iran, and if we do air strikes, becoming de facto air force for them.” IfsCountryStatesGovernmentActionGuyForceEasyUnitedUnited StatesAirMilitaryBecomingIraqStrikesMinistersIranPrimeAlsDividedPrime MinisterBehalfBad GuysAir ForceShiaDivided Country Author:Tulsi Gabbard
“I am a military police officer and I have served on two deployments my first was to Iraq, in a medical unit, and my second deployment was to Kuwait, as a military police platoon leader.” FirstsTwoLeaderMilitaryPoliceIraqMedicalOfficersUnitsPolice OfficerDeploymentKuwaitMilitary Police Author:Tulsi Gabbard
“I volunteered to deploy to Iraq. I was one of the few soldiers who were not on the mandatory deployment roster - close to 3,000 Hawaii soldiers were.” SoldierIraqHawaiiDeploymentRosters Author:Tulsi Gabbard
