Speaking at Brown, presidential candidate Gabbard says U.S. misspends trillions on wars

[TexasTowelie]

PROVIDENCE — The capacity crowd at Brown University’s List Art Center was silent Monday afternoon as U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, a candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, spoke of her focus on a “New Cold War,” the trillions of dollars that the U.S. spends on wars, and the possibility of nuclear war.

When she spoke of Jan. 18, 2018, when Hawaiians received a false emergency alert about an incoming ballistic missile, a Brown student in the third row recalled those 38 minutes of her life.

“I was there when the text message went out,” said Moriah Tom, a public policy major from Hawaii. “It is hard to imagine war as being real, especially growing up here. But war is real, and now I know that.

“She is the only candidate talking about that.”

Read more: https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20190422/speaking-at-brown-presidential-candidate-gabbard-says-us-misspends-trillions-on-wars

[True Blue American]

1. They do!

[BlueMTexpat]

2. True! And even a portion

of what we have in the military budget could cover everything we need to be a prosperous, healthy, well-educated and civil nation that respects human rights for ALL!

But Gabbard is not now and will never be one of my primary choices.

[TexasTowelie]

3. As Tulsi said in her initial campaign video,

it's all about aloha.

[Cha]

5. Uh huh..

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Celerity]

4. truthful message, but not the best messenger

[Hortensis]

6. Well, with that level of insight maybe she should be president.

I worry far more about lethal disruption of society after a fairly large-scale terrorist or state-level cyber attack than I do nuclear. Small ones, as various actors test and expand their capabilities, take place every day.

[msongs]

7. she could save us $$ by waiving her retirement and benefits nt