I was recognized by the 2008 Obama campaign in Hawaii as one of his top volunteers and sent a sizable donation to his campaign. He subsequently not only met with a murderous dictator, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but became his best international friend. Erdogan, who is actively murdering thousands of his citizens and covering up the almost total annihilation of the Christian minority in Turkey.  So now Tulsi Gabbard is under attack? Neera Tanden and Howard Dean are top lieutenants in the Clinton / Neo-con wing of the Democratic Party, while Tulsi Gabbard is part of the pacifist Bernie Sanders / Elizabeth Warren wing. Any attacks against Congresswoman Gabbard are purely political.