Bien \u00e9videmment, nous ne pouvons continuer \u00e0 dissimuler ce qui tout de suite \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9vident \u00e0 tous, d\u00e8s le premier mot \u00e9crit \u00e0 son \u00e9gard : notre enthousiasme pour la d\u00e9put\u00e9e d\u00e9mocrate Tulsi Gabbard, d\u00e9sormais bien connue dans nos colonnes. Outre les diverses qualit\u00e9s personnelles qu’on lui trouve, son travail politique est magnifique.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
On sait que Gabbard \u00e9tait la semaine derni\u00e8re en Syrie<\/a>, pour un voyage d’\u00e9tude de la situation. Elle y a rencontr\u00e9 tout le monde possible qui compte dans la r\u00e9gion, de Assad et du pr\u00e9sident libanais aux dirigeants religieux et \u00e0 des personnalit\u00e9s des \u00ab\u00a0rebelles\u00a0\u00bb qui furent les premiers \u00e0 se manifester contre Assad, en 2011. Elle en est revenue avec le scalp de la narrative<\/em>-Syst\u00e8me sur la terrible et affreuse crise syrienne, avec toutes les responsabilit\u00e9s d\u00e9sormais connues et identifi\u00e9es par une brillante parlementaire du Congr\u00e8s US.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Gabbard a rencontr\u00e9 des Syriens, celles et ceux qui ont souffert et souffrent encore, des habitants de toutes les conditions, des \u00e9tudiants, des universitaires et des travailleurs humanitaires, etc.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n « Leur message au peuple am\u00e9ricain est puissant et substantiel : il n’y a aucune diff\u00e9rence entre les rebelles \u00ab\u00a0mod\u00e9r\u00e9s\u00a0\u00bb et al-Qaida (al-Nusra) ou ISIS, – ils sont tous pareils. <\/em>[Tous ces Syriens] se lamentent et demandent aux USA et aux autres pays impliqu\u00e9s dans ce sens d’arr\u00eater de soutenir ceux qui sont en train de d\u00e9truire la Syrie et son peuple<\/em>. »<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Gabbard a m\u00eame enqu\u00eat\u00e9 sur les origines de cette calamit\u00e9 syrienne, justement lors de sa rencontre avec les dirigeants contestataires des origines (2011), et elle remarque ceci, d’une fa\u00e7on tr\u00e8s int\u00e9ressante pour les humanitaires et divers hommes et femmes de communication qui, dans les salon des salonards et les r\u00e9dactions parisiennes de la presse-Syst\u00e8me, r\u00eavent de faire connaître et proclamer enfin la v\u00e9rit\u00e9 sur la trag\u00e9die syrienne, pour qu’enfin les n\u00e9gationnistes niant cette v\u00e9rit\u00e9 sur le boucher-Assad se taisent, – quoi, merde \u00e0 la fin !<\/p>\n<\/p>\n « J’ai entendu des t\u00e9moignages montrant combien les premi\u00e8res manifestations contre le gouvernement \u00e9taient pacifiques, et comment elles firent tr\u00e8s rapidement infiltr\u00e9es et manipules par les groupes wahhabites comme al-Qa\u00efda (al-Nusra), financ\u00e9s par l’Arabie, le Quatar, la Turquie, les USA et d’autres. Ils exploit\u00e8rent des protestations pacifiques, occup\u00e8rent les communaut\u00e9s impliqu\u00e9es et tu\u00e8rent et tortur\u00e8rent les Syriens qui ne voulaient pas coop\u00e9rer avec dans leur entreprise de faire tomber le gouvernement<\/em>… »<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n (Son texte se trouve sur son son compte personnel, sur Medium.com<\/em><\/a>. On trouve \u00e9galement, notamment sur TheDuran.com<\/em><\/a> qui en fait la pr\u00e9sentation, une interview de Jack Tapper, de CNN, de Tulsi Gabbard \u00e0 propos de son voyage en Syrie.)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n ________________________<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n As much of Washington prepared for the inauguration of President Donald Trump, I spent last week on a fact-finding mission in Syria and Lebanon to see and hear directly from the Syrian people. Their lives have been consumed by a horrific war that has killed hundreds of thousands of Syrians and forced millions to flee their homeland in search of peace.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n It is clear now more than ever: this regime change war does not serve America’s interest, and it certainly isn’t in the interest of the Syrian people.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n We met these children at a shelter in Aleppo, whose families fled the eastern part of the city. The only thing these kids want, the only thing everyone I came across wants, is peace. Many of these children have only known war. Their families want nothing more than to go home, and get back to the way things were before the war to overthrow the government started. This is all they want.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n I traveled throughout Damascus and Aleppo, listening to Syrians from different parts of the country. I met with displaced families from the eastern part of Aleppo, Raqqah, Zabadani, Latakia, and the outskirts of Damascus. I met Syrian opposition leaders who led protests in 2011, widows and children of men fighting for the government and widows of those fighting against the government. I met Lebanon’s newly-elected President Aoun and Prime Minister Hariri, U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Elizabeth Richard, Syrian President Assad, Grand Mufti Hassoun, Archbishop Denys Antoine Chahda of Syrian Catholic Church of Aleppo, Muslim and Christian religious leaders, humanitarian workers, academics, college students, small business owners, and more.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Their message to the American people was powerful and consistent: There is no difference between \u00ab\u00a0moderate\u00a0\u00bb rebels and al-Qaeda (al-Nusra) or ISIS—they are all the same. This is a war between terrorists under the command of groups like ISIS and al-Qaeda and the Syrian government. They cry out for the U.S. and other countries to stop supporting those who are destroying Syria and her people.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n I heard this message over and over again from those who have suffered and survived unspeakable horrors. They asked that I share their voice with the world; frustrated voices which have not been heard due to the false, one-sided biased reports pushing a narrative that supports this regime change war at the expense of Syrian lives.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n I heard testimony about how peaceful protests against the government that began in 2011 were quickly overtaken by Wahhabi jihadist groups like al-Qaeda (al-Nusra) who were funded and supported by Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar, the United States, and others. They exploited the peaceful protesters, occupied their communities, and killed and tortured Syrians who would not cooperate with them in their fight to overthrow the government.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n I met a Muslim girl from Zabadani who was kidnapped, beaten repeatedly, and raped in 2012, when she was just 14 years old, by \u00ab\u00a0rebel groups\u00a0\u00bb who were angry that her father, a sheep herder, would not give them his money. She watched in horror as masked men murdered her father in their living room, emptying their entire magazine of bullets into him.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n I met a boy who was kidnapped while walking down the street to buy bread for his family. He was tortured, waterboarded, electrocuted, placed on a cross and whipped, all because he refused to help the \u00ab\u00a0rebels\u00a0\u00bb—he told them he just wanted to go to school. This is how the \u00ab\u00a0rebels\u00a0\u00bb are treating the Syrian people who do not cooperate with them, or whose religion is not acceptable to them.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Although opposed to the Assad government, the political opposition spoke strongly about their adamant rejection of the use of violence to bring about reforms. They argue that if the Wahhabi jihadists, fueled by foreign governments, are successful in overthrowing the Syrian state, it would destroy Syria and its long history of a secular, pluralist society where people of all religions have lived peacefully side by side. Although this political opposition continues to seek reforms, they are adamant that as long as foreign governments wage a proxy regime change war against Syria using jihadist terrorist groups, they will stand with the Syrian state as they work peacefully toward a stronger Syria for all Syrians.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Originally, I had no intention of meeting with Assad, but when given the opportunity, I felt it was important to take it. I think we should be ready to meet with anyone if there’s a chance it can help bring about an end to this war, which is causing the Syrian people so much suffering.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n I met these amazing women from Barzi, many of whom have husbands or family members who are fighting with al-Nusra\/al-Qaeda, or with the Syrian army. When they come to this community center, all of that is left behind, as they spend time with new friends, learning different skills like sewing, making plans for their future. They were strangers before coming to this community center whose mission is empowering these women, and now they are \u00a0\u00bb sisters\u00a0\u00bb sharing laughter and tears together.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n I return to Washington, DC with even greater resolve to end our illegal war to overthrow the Syrian government. From Iraq to Libya and now in Syria, the U.S. has waged wars of regime change, each resulting in unimaginable suffering, devastating loss of life, and the strengthening of groups like al-Qaeda and ISIS.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n I call upon Congress and the new Administration to answer the pleas of the Syrian people immediately and support the Stop Arming Terrorists Act. We must stop directly and indirectly supporting terrorists—directly by providing weapons, training and logistical support to rebel groups affiliated with al-Qaeda and ISIS; and indirectly through Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States, and Turkey, who, in turn, support these terrorist groups. We must end our war to overthrow the Syrian government and focus our attention on defeating al-Qaeda and ISIS.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The U.S. must stop supporting terrorists who are destroying Syria and her people. The U.S. and other countries fueling this war must stop immediately. We must allow the Syrian people to try to recover from this terrible war.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Thank you,<\/p>\n<\/p>\n La Syrie selon Tulsi Bien \u00e9videmment, nous ne pouvons continuer \u00e0 dissimuler ce qui tout de suite \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9vident \u00e0 tous, d\u00e8s le premier mot \u00e9crit \u00e0 son \u00e9gard : notre enthousiasme pour la d\u00e9put\u00e9e d\u00e9mocrate Tulsi Gabbard, d\u00e9sormais bien connue dans nos colonnes. 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