On [[MSNBC]]'s ''Morning Joe'', Gabbard had this exchange with reporter Kasi Hunt: {{Quotebox|'''Hunt:''' Do you think [[Bashar Assad|Assad]] is our enemy?<br>'''Gabbard:''' Assad is not the enemy of the [[United States]] because [[Syria]] does not pose a direct threat to the United States.<br>'''Hunt''': What do you say to Democratic voters who watched you go over there, and what do you say to military members who have been deployed repeatedly in Syria pushing back against Assad?<br>'''Gabbard''': People who have been deployed to Syria have been there focused on their mission, which has been to defeat [[ISIS]]. Our troops have not gone to Syria to wage yet another costly, destructive [[regime change]] war.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2019/02/12/tulsi-gabbard-is-driving-the-msm-crazy/</ref>}} | On [[MSNBC]]'s ''Morning Joe'', Gabbard had this exchange with reporter Kasi Hunt: {{Quotebox|'''Hunt:''' Do you think [[Bashar Assad|Assad]] is our enemy?<br>'''Gabbard:''' Assad is not the enemy of the [[United States]] because [[Syria]] does not pose a direct threat to the United States.<br>'''Hunt''': What do you say to Democratic voters who watched you go over there, and what do you say to military members who have been deployed repeatedly in Syria pushing back against Assad?<br>'''Gabbard''': People who have been deployed to Syria have been there focused on their mission, which has been to defeat [[ISIS]]. Our troops have not gone to Syria to wage yet another costly, destructive [[regime change]] war.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2019/02/12/tulsi-gabbard-is-driving-the-msm-crazy/</ref>}} |