Tulsi Gabbard: War with Iran Would Make Iraq War ‘Look Like a Cakewalk’

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GABBARD: "I’m looking forward to getting that briefing. I can tell you as a soldier, I served in the Army National Guard. I’ve been serving for over 16 years. I’ve deployed twice to the Middle East, and in Congress, I’ve served over six years on both the House Foreign Affairs and the Armed Services Committees. And I know two things very well. First is the high human cost of war. You know, these wars across the Middle East and Iraq. Thousands of my brothers and sisters in uniform lost their lives, many more injured. And I also know the cost on the American people. You know, the trillions of dollars that we’ve spent since 9/11 alone on waging these wasteful regime-change wars, how those wars have undermined our national security and how they have strengthened terrorist groups like ISIS and Al-Qaeda. So, when we talk about a potential war with Iran, which is looking like we are walking very dangerously down that path, what I think is important for the American people to know is that a war with Iran would make the war in Iraq look like a cakewalk. The devastation and the cost would be far greater than anything we have ever experienced before."

(h/t RealClearPolitics)