Tulsi Gabbard: “If we are not willing to have those conversations, the only…”

“… security as well as our pursuit of peace, that we've got to be willing to have those conversations, to meet with people, whether they are adversaries, potential adversaries, friends. Because If we are not willing to have those conversations, the only alternative is more war, more suffering, more devastation, more lives lost. I think your compassion for people, this interesting mix of this tough soldier, but you're also mainly a soldier for peace. You don't want war.” (04:32–04:43)

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