Trump appoints Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence: 'Fearless spirit'

[Vambram]

I made a point of picking articles from several years ago. Only one of those is recent. Only two post-date her departure from the Democratic Party. And the BBC and Military.com aren't really in the business of publishing "liberal hit pieces".

I have read many articles from a left wing liberal perspective on Military.com
Also, the BBC isn't known to be a straight up neutral news company.

 

[Vambram]

Did you serve on promotion boards for officers in that time?

No, I have not. But I do know for a fact that Russian sympathizers don't make it to Lt. Colonel, with all the requisite security clearances, in the US Army.

 

[RocksInMyHead]

I have read many articles from a left wing liberal perspective on Military.com

Do you dispute the facts presented in the article?

Also, the BBC isn't known to be a straight up neutral news company.

Again, do you dispute the facts presented?

No, I have not. But I do know for a fact that Russian sympathizers don't make it to Lt. Colonel, with all the requisite security clearances, in the US Army.

How? Do you know someone who was a Russia sympathizer who was denied (recently - Gabbard was promoted in 2021) specifically because of their opinions on Russia?

 

[Vambram]

We do not have Russian sympathizers in the US Army. Tulsi Gabbard is not a Russian sympathizer.

 

[RocksInMyHead]

We do not have Russian sympathizers in the US Army.

Oh, my sweet summer child...

Pentagon Concerned Russia Cultivating Sympathy Among US Troops

Defense officials say they are ‘actively working to expose and counter Russian disinformation’ as Moscow tries to ‘sow doubt and confusion’

www.voanews.com

 

[Vambram]

Oh, my sweet summer child...

LoL

 

[RocksInMyHead]

LoL

Pentagon Concerned Russia Cultivating Sympathy Among US Troops

Defense officials say they are ‘actively working to expose and counter Russian disinformation’ as Moscow tries to ‘sow doubt and confusion’

www.voanews.com

 

[RocksInMyHead]

Tulsi Gabbard is not a Russian sympathizer.

She certainly has a habit of repeating Russian talking points, at the very least. As presented in the articles I linked. Do you dispute any of the statements that she's made about biolabs in Ukraine or Russia being justified in its aggression?

 

[Vambram]

Pentagon Concerned Russia Cultivating Sympathy Among US Troops

Defense officials say they are ‘actively working to expose and counter Russian disinformation’ as Moscow tries to ‘sow doubt and confusion’

www.voanews.com

One 5 year old article proves nothing.

 

[RocksInMyHead]

One 5 year old article proves nothing.

And your bald assertion does?

 

[Vambram]

And your bald assertion does?

I don't expect my experiences as a Soldier to change your mind, nor should one expect old opinion pieces on the internet to change a person's mind.

 

[RocksInMyHead]

I don't expect my experiences as a Soldier to change your mind, nor should one expect old opinion pieces on the internet to change a person's mind.

Again, do you dispute the statements that Tulsi Gabbard has made, which are quoted in those articles?

 

[rjs330]

Again, do you dispute the statements that Tulsi Gabbard has made, which are quoted in those articles?

What statements are you talking about?

Here's a paragraph from one.

"In the video, which was posted to Gabbard's TikTok and other social media accounts, the former congresswoman mischaracterized U.S. support for several dozen former Soviet biolabs in Ukraine, falsely implying that the labs work with diseases like COVID-19 and that the Biden administration had been "trying to cover this up."

So what this tick took? You have it? Also if you note it says "implied".

The Buden administration denies everything. You expect this administration and Ukrain to admit anything? These labs were former Russian labs and did you happen to notice the following?

"after Russia launched its unlawful invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Ministry of Health responsibly ordered the safe and secure disposal of samples."

So Ukraine DID have stuff there. If nothing was there nothing would have to be gotten rid of safely. It seems that Gabbards suspicions have some merit after all.

Also Gabbard went to speak to Assad. You have speak to foreign leaders in order to work on negotiating a peace. How else are you going to do it? It doesn't mean she supports him.

I read all tbose articles and they are doing nothing but making implications themselves. So are you. But for some reason when Gabbard dpes it, she's a Ruskie spy or Assad toadie.

The rest of your articles aren't any better. Hints, allegations and implications.

Give me a break. All you leftists do is try and tear down everyone Trump supports. Thus includes false accusations and spurious allegations and implications. The next thing you are going to tell us is Trump colluded with Russia. Oh wait.....

 

[Hazelelponi]

Pentagon Concerned Russia Cultivating Sympathy Among US Troops

Defense officials say they are ‘actively working to expose and counter Russian disinformation’ as Moscow tries to ‘sow doubt and confusion’

www.voanews.com

Love your polls. A survey of 1,000 people shows 28% of people would like better relations with a foreign entity and this makes them Russian sympathizers and assets?

What about Obama then?

The United States does not view Europe as a battleground between East and West, nor do we see the situation in Ukraine as a zero-sum game. That’s the kind of thinking that should have ended with the Cold War.”

-- Barack Obama, March 24 [2014]

WASHINGTON -- Should. Lovely sentiment. As lovely as what Obama said five years ago to the United Nations: “No one nation can or should try to dominate another nation.”

That’s the kind of sentiment you expect from a Miss America contestant asked to name her fondest wish, not from the leader of the free world explaining his foreign policy.

Obama vs. Putin: The mismatch

The United States does not view Europe as a battleground between East and West, nor do we see the situation in Ukrain...

www.statesmanjournal.com

We all have different opinions. Some lead to actual and real war, hundreds of thousands dead, hundreds of billions spent and some opinions simply speak out against poor decision making in the realm of foreign policy.

Obama's foreign policy is bringing on WW3 fast... I don't see that as being in our national security interests.

It would have been good if more people had listened to the voices that opposed the idiotic policies enacted by Obama, which have continued through the Biden Harris administration, towards Russia and throughout the middle east in the first place.

How's that great Russian reset of Obama's working out? Did it benefit American interests? Or just embolden our enemies and bring us to the brink of nuclear war again?

Why aren't we accusing him of sympathies that are unamerican? Accusing Biden?

And as far as Assad is concerned, how's that working out for Christians in Syria? All Christmas celebrations are officially cancelled now... They don't have any joy this Christmas, they just became oppressed and persecuted in their own country. Sometimes the devil you know is better, especially when that devil is holding back the gates of hell.

Wanting something better than Assad is only good if you have something tangible to replace him with who is likewise able to keep hell back.

That's not having Russian sympathies, it's called being intelligent and thinking rather than going forth hand in hand with terrorists and dictators singing kumbaya like Obama and Biden.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1018466955853029377

I bet if you asked those poll questions in a different way they would all say no if it was to result in war and the loss of our nations security interests in the region - unlike the administration currently in charge. Pallets of cash indeed.

 

[Oompa Loompa]

He has flooded our campaigns with disinformation to install a puppet he can manipulate.

True. The country really dodged a bullet. It is a good thing that Putin's plan failed when Kamala lost.

 

[Oompa Loompa]

She certainly has a habit of repeating Russian talking points, at the very least. As presented in the articles I linked. Do you dispute any of the statements that she's made about biolabs in Ukraine or Russia being justified in its aggression?

If Tulsi Gabbard is a Russian sympathizer, then Tim Waltz is a Chinese spy. The sooner people realize that the smear campaigns won't work anymore, the better.

 

[wing2000]

I don't expect my experiences as a Soldier to change your mind, nor should one expect old opinion pieces on the internet to change a person's mind.

From the VOA article:
"Overall, the survey found 28% of Americans identified Russia as an ally, up from 19% the previous year."

Do you not find the survey credible? If so, why?

 

[RocksInMyHead]

Love your polls. A survey of 1,000 people shows 28% of people would like better relations with a foreign entity and this makes them Russian sympathizers and assets?

The poll isn't "mine". Did you even bother to read the rest of the article?

What about Obama then?

At the time, I thought that reaching out to Russia was a good step towards global peace. In retrospect, I think his treatment of Putin in particular was naive.

Why aren't we accusing him of sympathies that are unamerican? Accusing Biden?

I have not called Tulsi Gabbard "unamerican".

And as far as Assad is concerned, how's that working out for Christians in Syria? All Christmas celebrations are officially cancelled now... They don't have any joy this Christmas, they just became oppressed and persecuted in their own country.

Not from what I've seen:

Reassured 'for now', Aleppo's Christians prepare for Christmas

For the Catholic Marist Brothers of Aleppo, one of nearly a dozen Christian communities in Syria's second city, today's most pressing question is how to decorate the Christmas tree.

www.france24.com

Aleppo’s Christians celebrate Christmas amid changing leadership

After opposition factions take control of Aleppo, the city’s Christian community prepares for the holidays while navigating newfound freedoms and lingering uncertainties.

www.jpost.com

https://www.reddit.com/r/Syria/comments/1h5vmo8

After Assad, Syria's Christians hope for 'rebirth' of country - Vatican News

Vatican News speaks to three representatives of Syria's Catholic community about the sudden downfall of the Assad government, and their hopes for a ...

www.vaticannews.va

Future of Religious Freedom in Syria Unclear Following Assad’s Ouster - International Christian Concern

After a blistering 11-day campaign from their strongholds in the north to Damascus, Syria’s capital in the south, rebel forces succeeded this weekend in toppling the 24-year reign of dictator Bashar al-Assad.

www.persecution.org

There are apparently rumors going around social media about Christmas being cancelled, but I've not found anything to substantiate them. It's something that we should certainly keep an eye on, but so far the rebels seem to be honoring their commitment to religious freedom. Assad, for all his claims of being a defender of Christians, didn't exactly have the best track record there either.

 

[Oompa Loompa]

Again, do you dispute the statements that Tulsi Gabbard has made, which are quoted in those articles?

Aren't those the same people who said Hunter Biden's laptop was just Russian disinformation and that the China virus did not come from the Wuhan lab?

 

[essentialsaltes]

Aren't those the same people who said Hunter Biden's laptop was just Russian disinformation and that the China virus did not come from the Wuhan lab?

The object of that sentence is "statements that Tulsi Gabbard has made"