Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence has long been regarded as dangerous for her Syria contacts and stance on Ukraine

Summary

Concerns over Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination as director of national intelligence (DNI) under Donald Trump stem from her controversial Middle East ties, particularly her 2017 meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Critics, including intelligence officials and bipartisan lawmakers, question her fitness, citing her unorthodox views, conspiracy theories about U.S.-funded biolabs in Ukraine, and statements minimizing Assad’s atrocities.

Worries include risks to intelligence-sharing with allies and the security of U.S. assets.

Gabbard and her supporters claim her anti-interventionist stance is being misrepresented as a liability. Senate confirmation hearings may address these controversies.

    • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      7 months ago

      During a congressional trip in 2015, Moustafa recalled, Gabbard had asked three young Syrian girls whether the airstrike they had narrowly survived may not have been launched by Assad, but rather by the terrorist group Isis. The one problem? Isis did not have an air force.

      That’s not an alternative explanation, that’s going to bat for a dictator.

        • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          7 months ago

          She can verify there was an airstrike without asking young girls if it was conducted by a group with no air force.

          It’s not like children are going to take the time to identify the markings on the planes that are actively bombing them.

            • Doomsider@lemmy.world
              1·
              7 months ago

              Let’s not even pretend you want to know the truth about her. She is from a cult that she is still part of and married into. She kicks it with Assad and defended him even as he used chemical weapons on his own people. She is not just a traitor to the US, but of humanity defending a blood thirsty murderer.

              She was the only Democrat to not vote to impeach Dumpster thus completing her transformation to a dark money conservative hell bent on ushering in fascism. This is what happens when people cozy up to dictators.

              “In a final act before leaving Congress, Gabbard introduced a bill that would have banned trans women and girls from participating in female sports.”

              Oh yeah full on conservative piece of shit. So yeah, we get you have a boner for her but I think it is deeper than that. You are a probably a boot licking apologist.