Tulsi Gabbard drew criticism this week for saying that the US backed Al Qaeda in Syria. One of those offended was journalist Clint Watts — but it turns out, Watts himself was in favor of ‘befriending’ Al Qaeda-linked groups.
Gabbard slammed US policy in Syria during Tuesday night’s Democratic presidential debate in Ohio, calling it a “regime change war” in which Washington had sided with Al Qaeda and used the terror group as the “groundforce” in their efforts to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad.
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