I don't like the label "hawk" since it is used with a negative connotation.  I believe that Rep. Gabbard is a realist.  She understands that our regime change wars have been a total disaster but is also willing to admit the truth about the things that are true threats.  She "gets" ISIS, As-Qaeda, and other "Islamists" or "Jihadists" (both distinct from ordinary Muslims) and the danger they present not only to the West, but also to their fellow Muslims in the Middle East and Africa.  How many people have to be killed by ISIS, Boko Haram, Hamas, Hezbollah, Al-Qaeda, Al-Nusra, and others before the Western left accepts reality?  Tulsi gets it and for that I am grateful.