Did Tulsi Gabbard Save the World?
By Mary (MJ) Johnson
Let’s be honest. Most of us didn’t expect to be saying this, especially not out loud. Tulsi Gabbard? The same Tulsi who is an unabashed Zionist, friend of Rabbi Shumley Boteach, and drone war enthusiast? Yes. That Tulsi.
And yet—here we are. She may have just helped avert World War III.
The Moment That Mattered
According to an expose in the NY Times, Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), presented an intelligence assessment that threw cold water on the Zionist neocon fantasy of bombing Iranian nuclear facilities. In an early April meeting, Gabbard warned the President that such a move—especially with U.S. assistance—could spiral out of control. Think mass casualties. Think economic catastrophe. Think global war.
Her assessment landed.
And she wasn’t alone. She had backup—from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Vice President J.D. Vance. Yeah, them. Not exactly the “give peace a chance” crowd. Hegseth was recently exposed in Signal group chats for his enthusiastic glee bombing Yemeni civilians. Like many in Trump’s cabinet, Hegseth is a Zionist lunatic. Yet even that may not be enough to save him. Like Tulsi, Hegseth committed the cardinal sin of putting American interests over Israel’s. Hegseth is currently fighting for his life as Secretary of Defense, as the Zionist smear machine churns out hit pieces to remove him from office.
Yet when it mattered, Gabbard, Hegseth, and Vance advised the President against attacking Iran. Now instead of attacking Iran, Trump is trying to make a deal. Despite their faults, Gabbard, Hegseth, and Vance saw the bigger picture. They saw the cost. When Hegseth was on Shawn Ryan’s podcast last year he noted how in Pentagon war games between the US Navy and China, China won every time. EVERY TIME. Hegseth may bluster, but he’s not a complete idiot.
According to Israeli propaganda, the Israeli air force completely knocked out Iran’s air defenses on October 26, 2024 in retaliation for Iran’s attack on Israel on October 1, 2024 (True Promise 2). In reality, Iran’s air defenses successfully repelled the Israeli attack. When Iranian air defense locked onto Israeli war planes, the Israelis quickly dropped their missiles before reaching Iranian air space and retreated. As the DNI, Tulsi Gabbard is aware of the truth, despite Israeli misinformation and Beltway wishful thinking.
Even Zionist fanatics like Michael Waltz hesitated, recognizing the risk. And the attack? It was shelved. For now, at least. And for once, sanity prevailed and the group advising the President advised him the correct way – don’t bomb Iran today. That matters. No need to throw anyone a parade, but credit where it’s due.
Tulsi Gabbard: Imperfect, But Right This Time
Tulsi Gabbard is not an anti-imperialist. She's a Zionist who supports the Gaza genocide, the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people, and drone murdering muslims. There’s no sugarcoating it. And yet Gabbard was also skeptical about the 2013 Syrian chemical attack narrative, in which the US State Department accused the Assad regime of horrific crimes against Syrian civilians.
It was skepticism from people like Tulsi Gabbard that prevented a direct US invasion of Syria in 2013. Sadly, the American neocons never gave up. When they failed to launch a direct attack on Syria, they shifted gears to a proxy war using Al Qaeda and ISIS, all whilst destabilizing Syria with severe economic sanctions. The deadly combination eventually led to Syria’s collapse in December 2024.
Yet Tulsi’s position on Syria was proven correct when a whistleblower from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) disputed the US State Department’s claim that the Assad regime used chemical weapons in 2013 and in 2018. There is credible evidence to the contrary. Namely that the US backed “moderate rebels” (also known as ISIS) were linked to these attacks.
Long story short – this isn’t about ideological purity. This is about strategic reality. When someone prevents an international disaster, they deserve recognition.
Tulsi Held the Line — Now It's Our Turn
Whatever her motivations, at this key juncture Tulsi Gabbard stood for peace over war, diplomacy over destruction. It’s not about idolizing her. It’s about recognizing an act of courage when we see one. If someone—anyone—helps move the world a step closer to peace, that’s a win in our book. And that’s the spirit we’re carrying forward.
You don’t have to become a Tulsi fan to recognize that this one move mattered. It gave peace a chance. It delayed war. And it bought the world time.
Time to build.
Time to mobilize working families.
Peace isn’t weakness. Diplomacy isn’t betrayal.
When Tulsi stood against the war drums, she aligned with innovationism—whether intentionally or not. And we should say so. Loudly.
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