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"The Cost of War" - Tulsi Gabbard endorses Bernie Sanders (Original Post) DinahMoeHum Mar 2016 OP
K&R! vintx Mar 2016 #1
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Mar 2016 #2
Well done!! N/T tokenlib Mar 2016 #3
Thanks. DinahMoeHum Mar 2016 #6
"The Cost of War Tom Rinaldo Mar 2016 #4
You are wasting your time malletgirl02 Mar 2016 #5
Way too broad a brush put down... Tom Rinaldo Mar 2016 #7
I apologize I was being unfair malletgirl02 Mar 2016 #8
"The Curious Islamophobic Politics of Dem Congressmember Tulsi Gabbard" msanthrope Mar 2016 #9
Tulsi Gabbard respects Islam Ashish Mar 2016 #10
Another thing: That accusation stinks of irony DinahMoeHum Mar 2016 #11
As usual, post that makes no sense. but ok. nt Logical Mar 2016 #12
I'm willing to wait for my "first woman President." Lizzie Poppet Mar 2016 #13

malletgirl02

(1,523 posts)
5. You are wasting your time
Sat Mar 26, 2016, 11:25 AM
Mar 2016

The Hillary supporters don't care about the costs of war because it doesn't personally affect them.

Tom Rinaldo

(22,911 posts)
7. Way too broad a brush put down...
Sat Mar 26, 2016, 11:49 AM
Mar 2016

I even knew Bush supporters who cared about the cost of war, they just were woefully wrong about the need for war.

malletgirl02

(1,523 posts)
8. I apologize I was being unfair
Sat Mar 26, 2016, 11:54 AM
Mar 2016

I guess I just saw one too many laughing smilies from some Hillary supporters inregards to Iraq, Libya, and Honduras. I'm going to dismiss those posts as done by trolls instead of actual Hillary supporters.

 

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)
9. "The Curious Islamophobic Politics of Dem Congressmember Tulsi Gabbard"
Sat Mar 26, 2016, 12:07 PM
Mar 2016

CIVIL LIBERTIES

Gabbard comes from one of the nation's most progressive chapters of the Democratic Party.
By Zaid Jilani / AlterNet February 22, 2015

Snip

She's particularly a favorite of right-wing media. Appearing with Fox's Neil Cavuto last week, she lashed out at the White House for holding an extremism summit with Muslim Americans, saying it's a “diversion from what our real focus needs to be. And that focus is on that Islamic extremist threat.” She criticized Obama for saying that “poverty, lack of access to jobs, lack of access to education” is contributing to radicalization. “They are not fueled by materialistic motivation, it's actually a theological, this radical Islamic ideology,” she said, throwing red meat to Fox viewers.

To the media, Gabbard is a curious spectacle. She's a Hawaii Democrat, coming from one of the nation's most progressive and dovish chapters of the Democratic Party, but she's also an Iraq war veteran, and she's consistently tried to outflank President Obama and the rest of her party to the right on foreign affairs. Last month she openly mocked Secretary of State John Kerry during an appearance on CNN, saying that he thinks, "if we give them [Islamic extremists] $10,000 and give them a nice place to live that somehow they're not going to be engaged in this fighting."

To Gabbard, the fact that Syria and Iraq have been through years of brutal civil war, wrecked economies and massive displacement is irrelevant; the only reason they have an extremism problem is because of Islamic theology.

But the case of Tulsi Gabbard becomes less curious and more expected once you look at her links to a different set of ethnic and religious hardliners: the Hindu nationalist Indian Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Since her election to Congress, Gabbard has tied herself closely to this party, which has a history of condoning hatred and violence against India's Muslim minority. Many of her stateside donors and supporters are also big supporters of this movement, which disdains secularism and promotes religious sectarianism.
http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/curious-islamophobic-politics-dem-congressmember-tulsi-gabbard



Ashish

(6 posts)
10. Tulsi Gabbard respects Islam
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 01:44 AM
Mar 2016

She has responded to these accusations in this interview http://www.rediff.com/news/interview/exclusive-why-tulsi-gabbard-doesnt-want-hillary-as-prez/20160309.htm

What is your response to social media attacks against you, including by groups alleging that you are Islamophobic? Of fomenting fear or hatred against someone based upon religion?

I am a very firm believer in the Aloha spirit -- respect and love for everyone, irrespective of their religion, race, gender, or any other external differences.

In my view, the essence of religion means love for God and trying to serve God by working for the well-being of others.

The essence of the Hinduism that I practice is Karma Yoga and Bhakti Yoga, which means to love God and all of His children, regardless of their race, religion, etc, and to use my life working for the well-being of everyone.

I do not see religion as something that involves different teams or an 'us versus them' mentality.

Whether we are Muslims, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, any other faith, or atheists, we are all children of God and we should love and respect each other as brothers and sisters.


You have continued to call out President Obama for not identifying ISIS as 'Islamic' and 'Islamic terrorists' and their ideology as 'Islamism.'


To be successful, the fight against terrorism must be both military and ideological.

Naturally, we will not be able to defeat ISIS, Al Qaeda, and other terrorist organisations militarily or ideologically if we do not understand what their ideology is.

An old military truism is that if you do not know your enemy, you cannot defeat your enemy.

This is why it is critical that we accurately define our enemy and its ideology.

The ideology shared by ISIS, Al Qaeda and affiliated terrorist organizations is 'Islamism.'

Distinct from the religion of Islam, Islamism is a radical political ideology of violent jihad aimed at establishing a totalitarian society governed by laws based on a particular interpretation of Islam.

As one who sees everyone as a child of God, I do not like to see anyone attempt to incite hatred or fear of others because of their religion.

This is one reason why, as we discuss terrorist organisations and refer to those terrorists who are waging war against us, I am careful to use language and terms that clearly distinguish between religion and radical, political ideology.

Let me be clear, the political ideology of Islamism is not the same as Islam, the religion. The vast majority of Muslims who embrace Islam do not adhere to the political ideology of Islamism.

Like Mahatma Gandhi, I believe that we cannot overcome the divisive challenges facing our communities, our countries, and our world if we do not recognise and respect all others as children of God, despite our differences of nationality, race, ethnicity, religion, and so forth.

While religious discrimination sadly exists in democratic countries like the United States, Great Britain, or India, it is not enshrined in the Constitution and law. Therefore, discrimination in these democratic countries is an aberration, not the norm.

How important do you believe is the Indo-US Strategic Partnership, particularly since you are close to Prime Minister Modi?
It is very important that the world's two largest democracies -- India and America -- have good relations. That is why I was very happy to visit India at the invitation of Prime Minister Modi. I wanted to do whatever I could to strengthen the relationship between our countries.

Working together on everything from fighting terrorism to combating climate change to promoting renewable energy, and much more, India and the US can make the world a better place.

In my attempt to strengthen the relationship between India and America, I have no interest in siding with or favouring one Indian political party over another.

As a member of the US Congress, my interest is in helping cultivate a closer relationship between the US and India, not just between the US and one political party of India.

Both in India and here in the US, I have held meetings with members of both the BJP and the Congress party. I am known in America for being nonpartisan -- I successfully work with Democrats and Republicans alike to get things done for the people.

My feeling about politics in India is similarly nonpartisan.

DinahMoeHum

(21,737 posts)
11. Another thing: That accusation stinks of irony
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 08:23 AM
Mar 2016

since its author Zaid Jilani was himself castigated for alleged anti-Semitic remarks and subsequently let go by the Center For American Progress/ThinkProgress

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/post/uproar-over-anti-semitic-writings-reaches-the-white-house/2012/01/19/gIQAIKmNBQ_blog.html

No politician is as pure as the driven snow when it comes to alliances and supporters. Considering the avatar you display. . .well. . .you know the rest.

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