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The Enduring Mystery of Tulsi Gabbard: The 38-year-old presidential contender does not fit any “conventional” political profile. Edward-Isaac Dovere

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The politicians and media don't know what to make of a real person, a person with strong conviction, a combat veteran and a person of honor.  There aren't many of those around at the upper echelons of TPTB in America, where only money talks and the name of the game is power. "Sell, grandma?" "How much are you willing to pay?" Disclosure: As a Vietnam era vet — naval officer serving on a ship in the Western Pacific 1964-1967, I support her non-interventionist position. She is the only candidate that puts foreign policy realism first, and the office of the presidency is chiefly about foreign policy formulation and execution. She is neither a Wilsonian internationalist nor a Jacksonian nationalist. She strikes a happy balance at the center of the spectrum, focusing realistically on

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The politicians and media don't know what to make of a real person, a person with strong conviction, a combat veteran and a person of honor. 

There aren't many of those around at the upper echelons of TPTB in America, where only money talks and the name of the game is power. "Sell, grandma?" "How much are you willing to pay?"

Disclosure: As a Vietnam era vet — naval officer serving on a ship in the Western Pacific 1964-1967, I support her non-interventionist position. She is the only candidate that puts foreign policy realism first, and the office of the presidency is chiefly about foreign policy formulation and execution. She is neither a Wilsonian internationalist nor a Jacksonian nationalist. She strikes a happy balance at the center of the spectrum, focusing realistically on national interest than than either isolationism or empire. She is for peace without being a "peacenik." Having seen war up close, I am all for that. While I would rather see her mission extended to opposing the apartheid Israeli regime, I also understand that opposition to or criticism of Israeli policy has replaced Social Security as the third rail of US politics.

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The Enduring Mystery of Tulsi Gabbard: The 38-year-old presidential contender does not fit any “conventional” political profile.

Edward-Isaac Dovere
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Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

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