A different take on Gabard Archived Message Posted by johnhol on August 9, 2019, 11:32 am, in reply to "Tulsi Gabard fights back!" Steve Salaita - Tulsi Gabbard and the Art of the Half-Sentence Begins here: People in the Palestine solidarity community have been debating the merits of Tulsi Gabbard’s presidential campaign. Gabbard has earned the sympathy, or at least the interest, of some activists, while others (including myself) dismiss her as a Zionist. Gabbard’s supporters point to occasional tweets and comments critical of Israel (most of them actually critical of Netanyahu). The best of them came during the Great March of Return in 2018: “Israel needs to stop using live ammunition in its response to unarmed protesters in Gaza. It has resulted in over 50 dead and thousands seriously wounded.” They also cite Gabbard’s anti-war sensibility, though Gabbard likes to reify the logic of imperialism, as when she mocks neocon “chicken hawks” or informs Donald Trump that “being Saudi Arabia’s bitch is not ‘America First.’” Gabbard doesn’t resemble a liberal dove so much as a Cold War realist. Gabbard’s career reveals a pro-Israel history. At what point is it appropriate to overlook that history, which has adversely impacted an entire nation? Conventional wisdom tells us that she’s changed and so we should celebrate her current iteration. This approach undersells the past and devalues the present. Despite her rebranding, Gabbard did give a speech, alongside Ted Cruz, Rick Santorum, and Mike Huckabee, at a Christians United for Israel conference. She did tell CNN amid Israel’s brutalization of Gaza that Palestinians are “seeking to exploit the sense of morality that Israel has” by using children as human shields because they lack “care for loss of life of women and children, innocent civilians.” She did sponsor pro-Israel legislation in the government of the Zionist colony’s patron (to the tune of billions in economic aid and weapons). She did accept an award from Sheldon Adelson’s errand boy Rabbi Boteach. She did support RIMPAC, the ecologically destructive rim of the Pacific military exercises, which recently added Israel to the lineup. All of these things happened within the past five years. Continues: https://stevesalaita.com/tulsi-gabbard-and-the-art-of-the-half-sentence/ Message Thread: Tulsi Gabard fights back! - dovetailjoint August 8, 2019, 5:13 pm Those that are against imperial wars are presented as dangerous and those for it as sane - psingh August 8, 2019, 6:04 pm Re: Those that are against imperial wars are presented as dangerous and those for it as sane - dovetailjoint August 8, 2019, 6:45 pm A different take on Gabard - johnhol August 9, 2019, 11:32 am Countless people have met with Assad .. - Shyaku August 12, 2019, 5:46 am   Searching