Tulsi Gabbard: “Russia has long been an ally of Assad.”

“Do you have any idea right now what Russia's overall intentions are in Syria? Much more with Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard right after this. Well, I think that's, that's hard to say. I think there's no question that Russia has long been an ally of Assad. So their presence there, frankly, is, is not surprising. I think what's interesting to note here, though, are the similarities between what we see happening now in Syria with actually what happened in World War II.” (05:07–05:11)

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