Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: Na faaalia e Gabbard le masalosalo e faatatau i faamatalaga e faapea na faaaogā e Assad auupega faaniukilia e faasagatau ai i tagata lautele o Suria, e ala i le faapea mai "o loo iai faamaoniga e taʻu mai ai atonu na faatulaga e vaega tetee ia osofaʻiga ina ia tosina atili ai le Iunaite Setete ma atunuu i Sisifo i le taua". Ina ua mavae le osofaʻiga o vailaʻau i Khan Shaykhun, na talosagaina ai e Gabbard se suʻesuʻega a Malo Aufaatasi i le osofaʻiga ma le moliaga a Assad e le Faamasinoga o Soligatulafono Faavaomalo pe afai e molia o ia. Ina ua uma ona faatonuina e Trump le
2017 Shayrat missile strike targeting the Syrian airfield believed to be the source of the attack, Gabbard called the strike reckless "without care or consideration of the dire consequences of the United States attack on Syria without waiting for the collection of evidence from the scene of the chemical poisoning". O le osofaʻiga a le Shayrat missile i le malae vaʻalele a Suria na talitonu o le mafuaʻaga o le osofaʻiga, na taʻua e Gabbard o le osofaʻiga e le mafaufau "e aunoa ma le faʻaeteete poʻo le mafaufau i faʻaiuga mataʻutia o le osofaʻiga a le Iunaite Setete i Suria e aunoa ma le faʻatali mo le aoina o faʻamaoniga mai le nofoaga o le vailaʻau oona". Na matuā faitioina ana faamatalaga e le taʻitaʻifono muamua o le Democratic National Committee o Howard Dean ma le Peresetene o le Center for American Progress o Neera Tanden.