The impact of the developments in Syria on Trump’s choice for the National Intelligence Service

According to Isna, the American media reported that after Donald Trump, the president-elect of the United States, introduced Tulsi Gabard, a former Democratic representative of the United States House of Representatives, as his choice for the director of national intelligence, during the recent developments related to the dominance of groups Armed opposition to Syria since Bashar al-Assad left power, several US lawmakers and national security experts have become suspicious of Gabard’s views on Syria and its former president, Bashar al-Assad.

According to the Washington Post, considering that Tulsi Gebard has to hold meetings with congressional legislators regarding his confirmation as the Director of National Intelligence of the United States, probably during these meetings with many questions from these legislators about his 2017 trip to Syria and his visit during this Safar meets with Bashar al-Assad.

After Tulsi Gebard left the Democratic Party in 2022, now Donald Trump has chosen him as his choice for the post of Director of National Intelligence, which, of course, has faced criticism from dozens of former national security officials of this country.

In this post, Gebard has access to top-secret Washington information and supervises 18 other spy agencies of his country.

The Washington Post reported that he met with Senators Mike Rounds, James Lankford and Lindsey Graham. According to the post he published on the X social network, Senator Joni Ernst announced his meeting with Tulsi Gebard and called her a “proven and powerful leader” and also said that he expects to meet her again. .

According to the Washington Post, three US Senate aides, who did not disclose their names, said they believe the former US congressman will face sensitivity and scrutiny from hard-line senators in Congress over his confirmation, due to his past positions and statements about Russia and Bashar al-Assad.

While Tulsi Gebard said during her 2017 trip to Syria that Bashar al-Assad is not an “enemy” of the United States, she faces the prospect of tough question-and-answer sessions with Senate Republicans over her past comments on Syria and Russia.

“There are a lot of questions that need to be answered,” said Shelley Moore Capito, Sator, a member of the Republican leadership.

“Tom Tillis,” another Republican senator from North Carolina, also spoke about Gebhard’s previous positions and words: “There are difficult questions that must be asked and good answers must be given to them. The way it works here is that the candidates must be ready to answer. Asking questions to satisfy the representatives of the committee.

During his trip to Syria in 2017, Gebard met with Bashar al-Assad twice and then said: “Bashar al-Assad is not an enemy of the United States because Syria does not pose a direct threat to the United States.”

He also criticized the 2017 attack by the United States on a Syrian military airport during the Trump administration, calling it “dangerous, ill-considered and unconstitutional” and accusing the Trump administration of recklessness.

He was also criticized for supporting some of the Kremlin’s positions on Ukraine and Russia’s attack on the country, citing the presence of 25 American-supported biological laboratories in Ukraine that have the potential to spread deadly pathogens.

Tulsi Gebhardt has allies from the past in Congress, including Marko Mullin, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, who once described Gebhardt as his sister. Republican lawmakers who support Trump’s “America First” agenda have also praised Gebard.

After his meeting with Lankford, Gebhard told reporters that he fully supports Donald Trump’s statement that America should stay out of the war in Syria.

“My views and experiences have been shaped by my multiple military deployments and seeing first-hand the costs of war and the threat of extremist terrorism,” Tulsi Gebard said. This is one of the many reasons I appreciate Donald Trump’s leadership, and as he has said before, he is committed to ending wars, demonstrating peace from a position of power, and prioritizing security, safety, national security interests, and the freedom of the American people.”

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