{"id":127031,"date":"2024-11-17T22:13:28","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T15:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127031"},"modified":"2024-11-17T22:13:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T15:13:28","slug":"tulsi-gabbards-sympathetic-views-toward-russia-cause-alarm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127031","title":{"rendered":"Tulsi Gabbard&#8217;s sympathetic views toward Russia cause alarm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-gabbard-director-national-intelligence-466dfdfe2f949ea20bc2f4ef13e21438\">Tulsi Gabbard<\/a><\/span>, President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s choice to lead the U.S. intelligence services, in 2022 endorsed one of Russia\u2019s main justifications for <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ukraine\">invading Ukraine<\/a><\/span>: the existence of <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-covid-science-health-donald-trump-300742272576985618e1d5a30f53bb23\">dozens of U.S.-funded biolabs<\/a><\/span> working on some of the world\u2019s nastiest pathogens.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow claimed Ukraine was using the labs to create deadly bioweapons similar to COVID-19 that could be used against Russia, and that Russian President Vladimir Putin had no choice but to invade neighboring Ukraine to protect his country. <\/p>\n<p>In fact, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/general-news-39eeee023efdf7ea59c4a20b7e018169\">the labs are public<\/a><\/span> and part of an international effort to control outbreaks and stop bioweapons.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard, a military veteran and a former Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii, later said she wasn\u2019t accusing the United States or Ukraine of anything nefarious and was just voicing concerns about protecting the labs. <\/p>\n<p>But to critics in the U.S., including lawmakers in both parties, the comments showed a disturbing willingness to parrot Russian propaganda \u2014 a tendency that has earned Gabbard praise on Russian state TV.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard\u2019s past comments supportive of Russia \u2014 as well as <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/united-states-government-abdc4a6d5d624f4eb76e7a0e1c1dc3cb\">secret meetings with Syria\u2019s president<\/a><\/span>, a close ally of Russia and Iran \u2014 are attracting fresh scrutiny from Democrats and national security analysts who fear that as Trump\u2019s <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dni.gov\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">director of national intelligence<\/a><\/span> she could give Russia a major win, undercut Ukraine, weaken U.S. national security and endanger intelligence ties with allies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGabbard, like Gaetz, is like a hand grenade ready to explode,\u201d former Trump national security adviser John Bolton said, speaking of <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/matt-gaetz\">Matt Gaetz<\/a><\/span>, the former Florida congressman who is Trump\u2019s pick for attorney general. \u201cRepublicans who throw themselves on those grenades for Donald Trump are risking their own personal reputations and places in history.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"Infobox\" data-module=\"\" data-gtm-region=\"What to know about Trump's second term: Staffing the administration: Here are the people Trump has picked for key positions so far. Plus, a look at recess appointments and how could Trump use them to fill his Cabinet.Follow all of our coverage as Donald Trump assembles his second administration.\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Infobox-items RichTextBody\">\n<p><b>What to know about Trump\u2019s second term:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Follow all of our coverage as <\/i><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\"><i>Donald Trump<\/i><\/a><\/span><i> assembles his second administration.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gabbard says <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-military-aid-f188add84ba11349dcbbf2d5de719124\">American assistance for Ukraine<\/a><\/span> jeopardizes global security by antagonizing Russia. She has criticized Ukrainian President <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/volodymyr-zelenskyy\">Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a><\/span> as corrupt and has expressed sympathy for Russia\u2019s position, given Ukraine\u2019s desire to join NATO, the Western military alliance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis war and suffering could have easily been avoided if Biden Admin\/NATO had simply acknowledged Russia\u2019s legitimate security concerns,\u201d she posted on Twitter at the start of Russia\u2019s invasion in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats say Gabbard\u2019s comments signify a pro-Russian bent that poses a problem for U.S. national security if she is confirmed by the Senate. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you really want her to have all of the secrets of the United States and our defense intelligence agencies when she has so clearly been in Putin\u2019s pocket?\u201d Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said on MSNBC. \u201cThat just has to be a hard no.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Office of the Director of National Intelligence was created after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to coordinate the nation\u2019s intelligence agencies and act as the president\u2019s main intelligence adviser.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard and the Trump transition team did not respond to questions seeking comment. She has in the past defended her actions and said her military service \u2014 she has served in the Army National Guard for more than two decades and deployed to Iraq and Kuwait \u2014 has made her skeptical about military interventions.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard also has defended Trump\u2019s relationship with autocrats such as Putin, saying it shows Trump has \u201cthe courage to meet with adversaries, dictators, allies and partners alike in the pursuit of peace, seeing war as a last resort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard\u2019s own meetings with Syrian President Bashar Assad in 2017 angered many of her then-fellow Democrats. They said her visit helped legitimize a leader accused of war crimes and who has served as a proxy and host for Russia and Iran in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Assad welcomed Russia\u2019s military into Syria in 2015 to crush a popular uprising against him. Russian forces and Iranian-allied militias have remained, using Syria as a <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/syria-military-iran-attack-us-3c9df91b9084c3d7bed1c14428edb067\">base for attacks on American troops<\/a><\/span> and their allies. The U.S. has severed diplomatic relations with Syria and placed Assad under heavy sanctions over the brutality with which he, Russian warplanes and Iranian-allied forces crushed the uprising, leading to 500,000 deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard ran for president in 2020 before dropping out and endorsing Democrat Joe Biden, who defeated Trump. Two years later, she left the Democratic Party to become an independent, criticizing her former colleagues as an \u201celitist cabal of warmongers\u201d and \u201cwoke\u201d ideologues. <\/p>\n<p>She subsequently campaigned for several high-profile Republicans, became a contributor to Fox News and started a podcast.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard\u2019s remarks about Russia haven\u2019t gone unnoticed in Moscow, where state-run media have praised her and even jokingly referred to her as a Russian agent.<\/p>\n<p>An article published Friday in RIA Novosti, a major Russian state-controlled news agency, called Gabbard \u201csuperwoman\u201d and noted her past appearances on Russian TV, claiming that Ukrainian intelligence views her as \u201cprobably an agent of the Russian special services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard\u2019s stance on Russia and Syria is likely to come up during her Senate confirmation. <\/p>\n<p>Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said that while he has questions about her comments and believes Gabbard should receive the traditional background check during her confirmation process, he doesn\u2019t second-guess her loyalties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI certainly would want to ask her about that,\u201d Cornyn said of Gabbard\u2019s Russia comments. \u201cBut I have no doubt that she\u2019s a patriot. I mean, she served in the United States military and was deployed much of the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>America\u2019s allies are watching the nomination process closely, worried about how Trump\u2019s incoming administration could affect intelligence cooperation and sharing. <\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s election raises \u201cvery difficult issues\u201d for America\u2019s closest allies and members of the Five Eyes group, an intelligence-sharing coalition of the U.S., the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, according to Thomas Juneau, a former strategic analyst with Canada\u2019s Department of National Defence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill the U.S. be more selective in what it shares, to pressure allies? If yes, this will create mistrust between the U.S. and its closest partners,\u201d Juneau said. \u201cIn the long term, this would negatively affect the Five Eyes, which is an extremely close partnership premised on an extraordinarily high level of trust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some officials in allied governments declined to speak about Gabbard and other Trump picks. Since <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/voter-voices-presidential-debate-b220822262965fd3e48e1b47529fe983\">Biden\u2019s dismal debate showing<\/a><\/span>, which led to Vice President Kamala Harris becoming the Democratic nominee, some key European allies said they already were scrambling to build up a security strategy less reliant on the U.S. <\/p>\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron and other European officials <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-foreign-alliances-russia-ukraine-china-b2ec5e845db76eaadba0abd3bf61cc50\">underscored that publicly<\/a><\/span> after the U.S. election.<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>Lederer reported from the United Nations. 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