Tulsi Gabbard

Here's where we found friendlies, or here's where we know that there are insurgents operating and they've got allies and lookouts and, you

And what our guys found was that as they were doing these ride-alongs, they call it a left seat, right seat, when you're coming in and taking over, that there was a bit of a tense, even adversarial type of relationship where on the military side, there was an assumption of suspicion or lack of trust, just with the local Iraqi people who lived around the base that we were at.

And what our guys found was that as they were doing these ride-alongs, they call it a left seat, right seat, when you're coming in and taking over, that there was a bit of a tense, even adversarial type of relationship where on the military side, there was an assumption of suspicion or lack of trust, just with the local Iraqi people who lived around the base that we were at.

And what our guys found was that as they were doing these ride-alongs, they call it a left seat, right seat, when you're coming in and taking over, that there was a bit of a tense, even adversarial type of relationship where on the military side, there was an assumption of suspicion or lack of trust, just with the local Iraqi people who lived around the base that we were at.

And without anybody telling them to culturally, our guys began trying to build relationships. And for Hawaii and Samoa, and we had soldiers from Guam and Saipan, Little things like you're riding down in a Humvee, you've got a gunner in the turret with a .50 cal or a machine gun of some sort.

And without anybody telling them to culturally, our guys began trying to build relationships. And for Hawaii and Samoa, and we had soldiers from Guam and Saipan, Little things like you're riding down in a Humvee, you've got a gunner in the turret with a .50 cal or a machine gun of some sort.

And without anybody telling them to culturally, our guys began trying to build relationships. And for Hawaii and Samoa, and we had soldiers from Guam and Saipan, Little things like you're riding down in a Humvee, you've got a gunner in the turret with a .50 cal or a machine gun of some sort.

Little things like pointing the muzzle to the sky as you're riding through a town rather than pointing it directly at where people are walking down the street was a huge gesture of an assumption of, hey... let's actually talk and become friends. We had our guys riding down the street and throwing shakas out to the local people there, breaking bread, sharing tea, and building those relationships.

Little things like pointing the muzzle to the sky as you're riding through a town rather than pointing it directly at where people are walking down the street was a huge gesture of an assumption of, hey... let's actually talk and become friends. We had our guys riding down the street and throwing shakas out to the local people there, breaking bread, sharing tea, and building those relationships.

Little things like pointing the muzzle to the sky as you're riding through a town rather than pointing it directly at where people are walking down the street was a huge gesture of an assumption of, hey... let's actually talk and become friends. We had our guys riding down the street and throwing shakas out to the local people there, breaking bread, sharing tea, and building those relationships.

And again, I served in a medical unit, and what we saw was a downward shift in casualties from the unit that had been there before us, simply because of that... that basic human connection that our guys sought to make.

And again, I served in a medical unit, and what we saw was a downward shift in casualties from the unit that had been there before us, simply because of that... that basic human connection that our guys sought to make.

And again, I served in a medical unit, and what we saw was a downward shift in casualties from the unit that had been there before us, simply because of that... that basic human connection that our guys sought to make.

And then gradually finding like, hey, local, you know, people who lived in the town right next to us were saying, hey, you guys should really, somebody was digging a big hole down this, a mile down the road. You might want to bypass that or check that out and finding weapons caches and IEDs, improvised explosive devices and other things that helped save people's lives.

And then gradually finding like, hey, local, you know, people who lived in the town right next to us were saying, hey, you guys should really, somebody was digging a big hole down this, a mile down the road. You might want to bypass that or check that out and finding weapons caches and IEDs, improvised explosive devices and other things that helped save people's lives.

And then gradually finding like, hey, local, you know, people who lived in the town right next to us were saying, hey, you guys should really, somebody was digging a big hole down this, a mile down the road. You might want to bypass that or check that out and finding weapons caches and IEDs, improvised explosive devices and other things that helped save people's lives.

Look, what they will claim is that it's expensive to move logistics through a country at war. But they get away with it, ultimately, this insane war profiteering, and they're not alone. Obviously, there are other companies that this is their business model. They get away with it because of their political connections and the lobbyists that they have, the relationships they have with politicians.

Look, what they will claim is that it's expensive to move logistics through a country at war. But they get away with it, ultimately, this insane war profiteering, and they're not alone. Obviously, there are other companies that this is their business model. They get away with it because of their political connections and the lobbyists that they have, the relationships they have with politicians.

Look, what they will claim is that it's expensive to move logistics through a country at war. But they get away with it, ultimately, this insane war profiteering, and they're not alone. Obviously, there are other companies that this is their business model. They get away with it because of their political connections and the lobbyists that they have, the relationships they have with politicians.

And ultimately what President Eisenhower warned against with regard to that cozy relationship between Congress and even what he called then the military-industrial complex. It's been alive and well. He warned us against it. And I would say it's thriving more now than ever before.