Whakaoti i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakaatu a Gabbard i te ruarua mo nga whakapae i whakamahia e Assad nga patu matū ki nga taangata o Hiria, me te kii "he taunakitanga kei te kii pea ko nga whakaeke i whakahaeretia e nga ope whakahee kia kaha ake ai te United States me te Hauauru ki te pakanga". Whai muri i te whakaeke matū o Khan Shaykhun, i karanga a Gabbard kia tirotirohia e te UN te whakaeke me te whakawakanga o Assad e te Kooti Hupirimi o te Ao mena ka kitea he kawenga ia. I muri i te whakahau a Trump i te
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". I kii a Gabbard i te whakaekenga o te rererangi rererangi o Syria i whakaarohia ko te putake o te whakaekenga a te United States ki a Syria me te kore e tatari mo te kohinga taunakitanga mai i te waahi o te paitini matū. Ko ana korero i tino whakahehia e te Tiamana o te Komiti a-Motu o te Manapori a Howard Dean me te Perehitini o te Center for American Progress, a Neera Tanden.