Ted Cruz is an idiot. The Egyptian military steeped in to preserve their fledgling democracy from the Muslime Brotherhood whose leader, Morsi, was issuing one decree after another to usurp the democratic process.
Now Cruz is, by default, defending the Muslime Brotherhood and I’ll now say with absolute confidence that there’s NO WAY I’ll vote for him.
Next?
I don’t think Ted was defending the Muslim Brotherhood. I think Ted was blasting Obama for ever supporting MB in the first place back during the “Arab Spring”
Cruz is not defending the Muslim Brotherhood, he is defending the rule of law in our country. I suggest you and others should do the same, and not try to determine who is in power in what countries.
American law says not military support for military regimes that come to power by coup d’état. If you don’t like that law, change it. But it is the law and Cruz is right.
Sigh....
Ted Cruz was pointing out that the LAW demands that we not give any aid to a country that is under a military coup. He was rubbing Obama's and the other Dims' faces in the blatant lawlessness that they have been committing against the People and the rest of the world. He has been consistent and truer to the Constitution than any I've seen since the Gipper.
Wow. If Cruz is not conservative enough for you I don’t know who could be.
There might be room to disagree over the best approach to the situation in Egypt, but Obama is disregarding the law on this and many more issues. It is not our job to fund every war on the planet. If our nation’s interest are at stake, then we might need to intervene militarily. But why are we throwing money down this hole?
If you are siding with Obama over Cruz you need to do a self-check. You are in the wrong reality.
Ted Cruz is an idiot. The Egyptian military steeped in to preserve their fledgling democracy from the Muslime Brotherhood whose leader, Morsi, was issuing one decree after another to usurp the democratic process.
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Good points.
Then, factor in that both the NYT and WaPost have in recent days also editorialized against foreign aid to Egypt, I get a uneasy feeling about Ted (for whom I voted in November) and his grasp of international affairs. He is in agreement with the editorial pages of the two primary print organs of the print media? Very interesting.
Hello, Ted? The “coup” happened under Mursi. The new guy — al-Sisi — stepped in to rescue the country back from the brink of an Islamic Dark Age. Call it a coup, if you like. I call it courageous.
The “people” currently being targeted in the streets by the Army are the (sometimes armed and dangerous) diehard Muslim loyalists who are not going down without a fight.
It is like Ted’s reading a script and it simply does not align with reality.
Ted is an evangelical leader and he is as far as I can tell not even speaking out against the currently ongoing targeting of Christians in Egypt by the MB thugs? What the h*ll, Ted?
(This is by no mans intended to let the other sham “conservative” leaders in Congress — McConnell, Cornyn, Boehner, etc — off the hook for their chronic dereliction of duty in calling out the Muslims for targeting Christians, as well as the Obokoharama Admin for its failure to speak out in defense of persecuted Christians in Egypt, Syria, Turkey, Iran, etc.) Where the h*ll are you guys, anyway? Hiding under your desks cuddling up to Reince Preibus? Pathetic!
That said, I would be happy to vote for Ted again.... for Senator.
Not sure he is actually eligible for President. (Sorry gang: It is what it is.) Oh, I know that there is no reason to believe that the current occupant of the White House is eligible, either, but for me to mention that would, of course, be ..... racist! :-)
Cruz is simply one of very few politicians where laws mean something. If you don't think the law is a good one, go through the legal process of changing it. Otherwise, the laws need to be enforced. You surely must know all the oaths of office the elected politicians took.