Posted on 12/05/2015 11:33:43 AM PST by Isara
DES MOINES -- Sen. Ted Cruz said here Saturday that the 2016 presidential race has entered a more serious phase following the shooting massacre in San Bernardino, Calif., and escalated his rhetoric on foreign policy with a vow to kill Islamic State terrorists.
"If I am elected president, we will utterly destroy ISIS," the Texas senator and Republican presidential candidate told reporters. "We won't weaken them. We won't degrade them. We will utterly destroy them. We will carpet bomb them into oblivion. We will arm the Kurds. We will do everything necessary so that every militant on the face of the earth will know if you go and join ISIS, if you wage jihad and declare war on America, you are signing your death warrant."
Asked whether it was time for voters to apply more scrutiny to Donald Trump and Ben Carson, both political outsiders who have shown limited foreign policy expertise on the campaign trail, Cruz said that in the wake of recent attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, voters should more carefully evaluate every candidate's credentials.
"They're looking at every candidate for president and assessing who's prepared to be commander in chief, who has the experience, who has the clarity of vision, who has the strength and resolve to keep this country safe," Cruz said.
Also on Saturday, the Cruz campaign is beginning to air a new television ad in Iowa featuring a similar vow to "kill the terrorists."
Ted Cruz: Rebuild Our Military, Kill the Terrorists (Video)
Cruz's comments to reporters came during a pep rally in Des Moines with dozens of volunteers, many of whom came from Texas to stay at "Camp Cruz," a former college dormitory that the candidate's campaign has commandeered as temporary housing for volunteers.
Cruz repeatedly bashed President Obama and Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, Obama's first-term secretary of state, for what he called a weak foreign policy.
"When President Obama stands up and says the Islamic State is not Islamic, that's just nutty," Cruz said. "That's not a reasonable foreign policy discussion. That's not an interesting view on national security. That is bizarre political correct blindness."
Marco Rudio is ready?
He’s like 11.
Scarey.
Go, Ted, Go!
Trying to out-Trump, Trump. Trump 1st on scene...
Obama has used up all the US’s weapons ,you’ll have to make some before you bomb
Michele makes a bold symbolic statement.... the handcrafted 500-pound gingerbread house is coated in dark chocolate, instead of the customary white chocolate.......lololo
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However dumping tons of pig manure on them before you rototill with carpet bombing would fertilize the earth and sequester much carbon. It’s the green thing to do!
When the bullied fight back, the bullies cower. Islam understands defeat. When the Kafir fight back, the Muslims go back to fighting each other. No one can appease them, anyone can defeat them, if they try.
NO! Not the Twister board!!!
So on June 17, 2015 Trump said to ‘bomb the hell out of ISIS’...
On Aug 31, 2015 Cruz said to bomb ISIS..
So just so you all know....Trump said it first in the campaign...
Is it just me or is this headline repeating the TRUMP approach?
Boy, that TRUMP playbook is getting passed around like a salt shaker on a holiday table.
Everyone is TRUMP now.
Marco Rudio is ready?
He’s like 11.
Scarey.
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Hey...he’s got a plan. He’ll declare victory over ISIS and then simultaneously offer them green cards and pay their way here. And, of course, cover their expenses after they’ve arrived.
My solution to ISIS would be Napalm Sunday.
Everyone is TRUMP now.
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Yep... I am BREITBART, CRUZ & TRUMP!
:)
Yet Screwbio says Cruz is weak on national security.
The RINO Media are really shilling for Rubio. While Democrats are in favor of repealing the 2nd Amendment, RINO hacks are campaigning for repealing the 4th Amendment.
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