Tulsi Gabbard: “By doing this, we can get rid of the oxygen that has allowed…”

“… of empowering the Sunni tribes, empowering the Kurds and the Shias, each of them having three autonomous territories, rather than continuing what we've seen really has failed for so long, By doing this, we can get rid of the oxygen that has allowed ISIS to maintain its stronghold here within this area of Iraq. So many experts on Iraq going back over the years, including, by the way, when he was a senator, the vice president, Joe Biden, they basically said there should be three autonomous areas.” (07:36–07:45)

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