[VinL]

FYI

[MNDude]

for once I disagree with Cruz. The most stable situation they could have in Syria is that Assad remains in power.

[dp0622]

obama’s plan to get rid of every secular regime in the middle east has hit roadblocks in Egypt and Syria. good.

i hope the russians slaughter the “moderate” and non-moderate mmuslim terrorists.

i know putin is dangerous and am not naive as to what he is.

But for now, let him slaughter them.

a majority of syrians wanted assad to stay in power. i know, i’ve heard before, his father slaughtered 100k syrians.

hoe many has this war slaughtered.

and assad was good for us. to hell with muslims and to hell with jihad.

[Crucial]

It looks to me like it’s Russia versus Iran. Why not let Russia stop Iran from taking over the entire ME?

[ETL]

You left out the important CNN Editor’s Note disclaimer:

“Ted Cruz is a U.S. senator from Texas. He is seeking the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.”

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/09/opinions/cruz-syria-putin/index.html

[MNJohnnie]

Well shows even brilliant men can be wrong on some things.

Sorry Senator, Syria has been a Russian client state since the 1950s. Not our circus, not our monkeys.

[DoughtyOne]

How do we win situations like Libya and Syria? We stay out of their problems in the first place.

What we are seeing now is one of the reasons why.

There is no real super-fix to this current situation.

We have a president that is dead set on destroying U. S. regional and global influence. He is being successful in that effort.

Obama voters, this is what we tried to tell you.

[demshateGod]

I guess it’s good that someone is saying it. If anyone will do it, it’ll be president Cruz.

[BuffaloJack]

The US should leave Putin alone. He’s doing good in Syria and saving Christian lives. Even the Israelis are working with him.

[ETL]

Kremlin pays internet trolls to flatter Putin
Ben Hoyle - Moscow
October 11 2013

Russian investigative journalists and bloggers have uncovered an army of internet trolls paid to pour invective on the Kremlin’s opponents and heap praise on President Putin.

Posing as job applicants, the reporters discovered the government hacks working at a small company called the St Petersburg Internet Research Agency. ...”

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/asia/article3891720.ece

[Navy Patriot]

Cruz is dead wrong on this one, when we could just quit trying to pick “good guy” Muslims to arm and bribe, and let Russia destroy the World Caliphate in it’s youth.

[ETL]

From Aug 23, 2015:

"a recent investigation conducted by Novaya Gazeta, one of the few independent newspapers left in Russia, complicates this cozy tale of counterterrorist cooperation. Based on extensive fieldwork in one village in the North Caucasus, reporter Elena Milashina has concluded that the “Russian special services have controlled” the flow of jihadists into Syria, where they have lately joined up not only with ISIS but other radical Islamist factions.

In other words, Russian officials are adding to the ranks of terrorists which the Russian government has deemed a collective threat to the security and longevity of its dictatorial ally on the Mediterranean, Bashar al-Assad."

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/23/russia-s-playing-a-double-game-with-islamic-terror0.html
____________________________________________________

Understanding Provocation [Provokatsiya]

March 29, 2014

One of the most powerful tools the Kremlin has in its secret arsenal of Special War is provocation, what they call provokatsiya.

While Moscow cannot claim to have invented this technique, which has existed as long as there have been secret services, there’s no doubt that Russians have perfected the art and taken it to a whole new level of sophistication and deviousness. At times, it can become a strategy all on its own (not always, mind you, with edifying results).

Provokatsiya simply means taking control of your enemies in secret and encouraging them to do things that discredit them and help you. You plant your own agents provocateurs and flip legitimate activists [in this case, dupe actual Jihadis -ETL], turning them to your side.

When you’re dealing with extremists to start with, getting them to do crazy, self-defeating things isn’t often difficult. In some cases, you simply create extremists and terrorists where they don’t exist. This is causing problems in order to solve them, and since the Tsarist period, Russian intelligence has been known to do just that.

While this isn’t a particularly nice technique, it works surprisingly well, particularly if you don’t care about bloody and messy consequences. ..."

http://20committee.com/2014/03/29/understanding-provocation/
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In other words, it's like starting a fire, or pouring gasoline on a fire, in order to be the 'big hero', being first on the scene to put it out. Except in this case, you get to grab control over the buildings and town you helped 'saved' from the fire you helped to start.

[Romulus]

Shut up, Ted. This is why you’re not getting my vote.

[ETL]

Ted Cruz:
“We need a coherent plan to address both the specific crisis in Syria and the challenge posed more broadly by Putin’s resurgent Russia.

The good news is that America still has options — if our leaders can summon the will to exercise them.

For starters, in Syria we can’t double down on the failed strategies that have given Putin his opportunity to intervene.

We are now two years out from President Obama’s proposed intervention after al-Assad used chemical weapons against his own people. ...”

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/09/opinions/cruz-syria-putin/index.html
________________________

CNN Editor’s Note (disclaimer):

“Ted Cruz is a U.S. senator from Texas. He is seeking the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.”

[TBP]

Cruzing!

[Parley Baer]

Twice in two days now I have disagreed with Ted. First the Trump comment and now this.

[DesertRhino]

Liked Cruz a lot, but this was a tour de force in stupid. He even references Obamas red line and chemicals, though it has been long proven that was the rebels who used gas. It was even obvious then.
Obama says if Syria uses gas, we jump in on rebel side. And bada bing, a week later the rebels say “hey, we just got gassed”.
Please, the stupid is so high in that, that its just embarrassing.

95% of this op ed could have been written by Hillary. Combining this with TPP fast track, and im seeing him more and more as a fairly good guy, who can be bought off by the establishment as they desire.

[The_Republic_Of_Maine]

"We need a coherent plan to address both the specific crisis in Syria and the challenge posed more broadly by Putin's resurgent Russia. The good news is that America still has options -- if our leaders can summon the will to exercise them." Ted Cruz

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We can start by minding our own business.

I agree with our next President, Donald Trump, let the Russians do it.

[catnipman]

“Putin’s actions threaten to inflame and destabilize an already acute crisis. “

Which is CNN’s way of saying it’s a crying shame Putin is managing to destroy ISIS and the other Muslim rebel terrorist scum trying to destroy Assad and take over Syria as part of the New ISIS Caliphate, a land of terror and chopped off heads and fingers and other body parts of women and children and others who displease the ruling Muslim warlords.

[ETL]

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Ted Cruz on Abortion

. Planned Parenthood sells body parts of unborn human beings. (Sep 2015) Allow vote to end Planned Parenthood's funding. (Aug 2015) Prosecute Planned Parenthood for criminal violations. (Aug 2015) Ban taxpayer funding of abortion & partial birth abortion. (Mar 2015) Companies can deny insuring birth control. (Apr 2012) Protect innocent human life with partial-birth ban. (Jul 2011) Opposes public abortion funding. (Oct 2012) Opposes churches providing birth control. (Oct 2012)

Ted Cruz on Budget & Economy

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• Top 1% under Obama got fat & happy while workers are hurting. (Feb 2015)
• Lost Generation: Obama agenda hammers young people. (Mar 2014)
• Balanced budget amendment to stop bankrupting our country. (Mar 2014)
• Choice is more federal spending, or free markets & liberty. (Aug 2012)
• FactCheck: Yes, gross federal debt now exceeds GDP. (Aug 2012)
• Demand a Balanced Budget amendment. (Jul 2010)
• Limit federal spending growth to per-capita inflation rate. (Jul 2010)
• Supports a constitutional BBA. (Oct 2012)
• Supports the Cut-Cap-and-Balance Pledge. (Jan 2012)
• Endorsed by the Club for Growth, for pro-growth stances. (Aug 2012)
• Audit the Federal Reserve & its actions on mortgage loans. (Feb 2013)

Ted Cruz on Civil Rights

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• Pray against a court decision legalizing same-sex marriage. (Apr 2015)
• Liberals obsessed with mandatory gay marriage in 50 states. (Apr 2015)
• Zealotry on same-sex marriage leaves out religious liberty. (Apr 2015)
• Most states can ignore Supreme Court legalizing gay marriage. (Mar 2015)
• Overturn Supreme Court with anti-gay marriage Amendment. (Oct 2014)
• Opposes gay pride parades and opposes gay marriage. (Feb 2012)
• One-man-one-woman marriage is building block of society. (Jul 2011)
• Disallow Ku Klux Klan from participating in Adopt-A-Highway. (Jul 2011)
• Voted NO on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act. (Feb 2013)
• Supports defining traditional marriage. (Oct 2012)
• Sponsored state definition of marriage supersedes federal gay marriage. (Feb 2014)

Ted Cruz on Corporations

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• Slash corporate tax rates to 15 percent. (Mar 2015)
• Get senseless obstacles from Washington out of the way. (Jan 2015)

Ted Cruz on Crime

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• Convert regulatory crimes into civil offenses. (Apr 2015)
• World Court should have no say in Texas executions. (Jul 2011)
• Fully monitor sexual predators & bring them to justice. (Jul 2011)
• Supports the death penalty. (Oct 2012)

Ted Cruz on Drugs

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• Lower minimums and mandatory sentencing for drugs. (Apr 2015)

Ted Cruz on Education
Click here for OR other candidates on Education OR . Right to education: public, private, charter, or homeschool. (Mar 2015) We should thank parents who homeschool. (Mar 2015) Local control of education instead of Common Core. (Mar 2015) Education decisions best made at local level. (Jun 2012) Denounce the Common Core State Standards. (Feb 2014)

Ted Cruz on Energy & Oil

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• Fight against Gulf moratorium on offshore exploration. (Jul 2011)
• Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP. (Aug 2012)
• Cap-and-trade has no impact on global temperatures. (Jul 2010)
• Explore proven energy reserves & keep energy prices low. (Jul 2010)
• Let states lease energy rights on federal lands. (Jun 2013)

Ted Cruz on Environment

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• Don't pick winners & losers like RFS' ethanol in gasoline. (Mar 2015)
• Voted NO on protecting ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems. (May 2013)

Ted Cruz on Families & Children

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• Defend Judeo-Christian values against liberal fascism. (Apr 2015)
• Opposes the unrelenting assault on traditional marriage. (Mar 2015)

Ted Cruz on Foreign Policy

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• Don't let world courts bind American sovereignty. (Sep 2015)
• Move American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. (Sep 2015)
• Cuba is oppressive but never misses chance to propagandize. (Oct 2014)
• Vigorous sanctions against Putin; help eastern Ukraine. (Jul 2014)
• America is indispensable; our allies need our leadership. (Jun 2014)
• Sanctions on Putin for Ukraine: tyrants respond to weakness. (Mar 2014)
• US has a responsibility to defend our values abroad. (Mar 2014)

Ted Cruz on Free Trade

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• End the Export-Import Bank. (Aug 2015)
• The Export-Import bank is corporate welfare. (Mar 2015)
• Defended Chinese company on intellectual property theft. (May 2012)
• Dewhurst lying about defending Chinese intellectual property. (May 2012)

Ted Cruz on Government Reform

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• If you like special interests, I ain't your guy. (Aug 2015)
• Executive actions override Congress & the Constitution. (Nov 2014)
• Stop IRS from asking: 'tell me the content of your prayers'. (Mar 2014)
• Presidents should not pick & choose laws to enforce. (Mar 2014)
• End Washington cronyism via Congressional term limits. (Mar 2014)
• Obama dishonors Constitution by bypassing Congress. (Jan 2014)
• Obama's executive orders is open door for future lawlessness. (Jan 2014)
• Debt ceiling limits "blank check" of federal spending. (Jan 2014)
• Dems want to get as many Americans as possible dependent. (Oct 2012)
• Head of the Center for Tenth Amendment Studies. (Jul 2011)
• Require voters to show ID to avoid voter fraud. (Jul 2011)
• Identify constitutionality in every new congressional bill. (Jul 2010)
• Audit federal agencies, to reform or eliminate them. (Jul 2010)
• Moratorium on all earmarks until budget is balanced. (Jul 2010)
• Prohibit IRS audits targeting Tea Party political groups. (Feb 2014)

Ted Cruz on Gun Control

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• Opposes unreasonable and burdensome gun restrictions. (Jul 2011)
• Voted NO on banning high-capacity magazines of over 10 bullets. (Apr 2013)
• Opposes restricting the Second Amendment. (Oct 2012)
• Oppose the United Nations' Arms Trade Treaty. (Sep 2013)

Ted Cruz on Health Care

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• I regret voting for John Roberts because of ObamaCare vote. (Sep 2015)
• Washington wants ObamaCare, the people want liberty. (Feb 2015)
• Support nuns' battle for religious liberty against ObamaCare. (Jan 2015)
• Government shutdown on ObamaCare worked: GOP won in 2014. (Nov 2014)
• Suspend commercial air travel to Ebola-infected areas. (Oct 2014)
• To repeal ObamaCare, show Dems they'd lose by supporting it. (Mar 2014)
• Obama changed ObamaCare mandate deadline by a blog post. (Jan 2014)
• Obama asked companies to disobey ObamaCare rules for a year. (Jan 2014)
• 5 million had health insurance canceled because of ObamaCare. (Jan 2014)
• Vow to repeal ObamaCare. (Oct 2012)
• Save Medicare by raising eligibility age. (Aug 2012)
• Throw my body in front of a train to stop ObamaCare. (Apr 2012)
• Defeat ObamaCare; rein in the federal government. (Jul 2011)
• Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market. (Jul 2010)
• Repeal any federal health care takeover. (Aug 2012)
• Supports repealing ObamaCare. (Oct 2012)
• Supports market-based health insurance. (Oct 2012)

Ted Cruz on Homeland Security

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• On day one, rip to shreds the Iranian nuclear deal. (Sep 2015)
• Label the enemy that Obama won't: radical Islamic terrorists. (Aug 2015)
• Torture was rightly outlawed, but keep tactics classified. (Dec 2014)
• Americans who join ISIS should be barred from coming home. (Sep 2014)
• Vital role for deploying military force abroad. (Mar 2014)
• Opposes TSA and National Defense Authorization Act. (Sep 2012)
• Fierce advocate of recruiting and growing the military. (Jul 2011)
• Supports banning military gay marriage. (Oct 2012)
• Sponsored opposing the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. (Mar 2013)

Ted Cruz on Immigration

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• Support Kate's Law: oppose our leaders who won't enforce. (Aug 2015)
• Path to citizenship is profoundly unfair to legal immigrants. (Feb 2015)
• End Obama's illegal amnesty via Congress' checks & balances. (Nov 2014)
• Defund amnesty; and refuse any nominees until rescinded. (Nov 2014)
• No path to citizenship for 1.65 million illegals in Texas. (Oct 2012)
• Give police more power to ask about immigration status. (Jun 2012)
• Boots on the ground, plus a wall. (Apr 2012)
• Triple the size of the Border Patrol. (Mar 2012)
• Strengthen border security and increase enforcement. (Jul 2011)

Ted Cruz on Jobs
Click here for OR other candidates on Jobs OR . Pass a flat tax and abolish the IRS, and jobs will follow. (Sep 2015) Raising minimum wage by executive fiat opposes rule of law. (Jan 2014) Lowest labor force participation in over three decades. (Jan 2014) Extending unemployment benefits exacerbates joblessness. (Aug 2012)

Ted Cruz on Principles & Values

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• I'm a consistent conservative, not a campaign conservative. (Aug 2015)
• I'm despised by GOP establishment, but so was Reagan. (Feb 2015)
• We win elections by bold principles & a positive agenda. (Mar 2014)
• Washington would be better with more farmers & fewer lawyers. (Mar 2014)
• Great Awakening: response to mess from career politicians. (Aug 2012)
• OpEd: His law firm donated $200,000 to Obama's campaign. (Apr 2012)
• Defend Ten Commandments and "under God" in the Pledge. (Jul 2011)
• Endorsed Member of the Tea Party movement. (Aug 2012)
• Rated 100% by the AU, indicating opposition to separation of church & state. (Jan 2013)

Ted Cruz on Social Security

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• Raise retirement age; cap increases to inflation rate. (Aug 2012)
• Transition younger workers into personal savings system. (Jun 2012)
• Rated 0% by ARA, indicating a pro-privatization stance. (Jan 2013)

Ted Cruz on Tax Reform

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• Abolish the IRS. (Feb 2015)
• Permanent Washington elite protects the tax code. (Apr 2012)
• Adopt a single-rate tax system. (Jul 2010)
• Repeal tax hikes in capital gains and death tax. (Jul 2010)
• Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. (Aug 2012)
• Opposes increasing tax rates. (Oct 2012)
• Supports eliminating the inheritance tax. (Oct 2012)

Ted Cruz on Technology
Click here for OR other candidates on Technology OR . Of course China & Russia have conducted cyberwarfare on US. (Aug 2015) Net neutrality is ObamaCare for the Internet. (Nov 2014) Voted NO on authorizing states to collect Internet sales taxes. (May 2013)

Ted Cruz on War & Peace

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• If you wage jihad on America, you sign your death warrant. (Aug 2015)
• Toughen sanctions on Iran, to safeguard America. (Mar 2015)
• Provide defensive weapons for Ukraine against Russia. (Feb 2015)
• Arm the Kurds to fight ISIS, with US air support. (Feb 2015)
• Focused, direct military objective of destroying ISIS. (Feb 2015)
• Bomb ISIS back to the Stone Age. (Oct 2014)
• Arm & aid the Peshmerga Kurds against ISIS. (Oct 2014)
• Don't arm Syrian rebels without a clear plan to combat ISIS. (Sep 2014)
• Bomb ISIS back into the Stone Age, with Congress' approval. (Sep 2014)
• Install Eastern European ABMs; stand up to Russia in Ukraine. (Jun 2014)
• Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan went on too long. (Jun 2012)
• Sponsored shutting down Iranian foreign reserves. (May 2013)

Ted Cruz on Welfare & Poverty

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• Government checks create dependency. (Aug 2012)

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Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	Ban taxpayer funding of abortion & partial birth abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Companies can deny insuring birth control: Opposes topic 1 Protect innocent human life with partial-birth ban: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Opposes public abortion funding: Opposes topic 1 Opposes churches providing birth control: Opposes topic 1
No opinion on topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale)	Disallow Ku Klux Klan from participating in Adopt-A-Highway: Favors topic 2 NO on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Opposes topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale)	Pray against a court decision legalizing same-sex marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Zealotry on same-sex marriage leaves out religious liberty: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Most states can ignore Supreme Court legalizing gay marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Opposes the unrelenting assault on traditional marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Overturn Supreme Court with anti-gay marriage Amendment: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Opposes gay pride parades and opposes gay marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 One-man-one-woman marriage is building block of society: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Supports defining traditional marriage: Opposes topic 3 Supports banning military gay marriage: Opposes topic 3 Sponsored state definition of marriage supersedes federal gay marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-5 points on Social scale)	Defend Judeo-Christian values against liberal fascism: Strongly Favors topic 4 Stop IRS from asking: 'tell me the content of your prayers': Strongly Favors topic 4 Government checks create dependency: Favors topic 4 Defend Ten Commandments and "under God" in the Pledge: Strongly Favors topic 4 Rated 100% by the AU, indicating opposition to separation of church & state: Strongly Favors topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale)	I regret voting for John Roberts because of ObamaCare vote: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Washington wants ObamaCare, the people want liberty: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Support nuns' battle for religious liberty against ObamaCare: Opposes topic 5 To repeal ObamaCare, show Dems they'd lose by supporting it: Opposes topic 5 5 million had health insurance canceled because of ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Vow to repeal ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Save Medicare by raising eligibility age: Favors topic 5 Throw my body in front of a train to stop ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Defeat ObamaCare; rein in the federal government: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal any federal health care takeover: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Supports repealing ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Supports market-based health insurance: Opposes topic 5
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale)	Raise retirement age; cap increases to inflation rate: Favors topic 6 Transition younger workers into personal savings system: Favors topic 6 Rated 0% by ARA, indicating a pro-privatization stance: Strongly Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	Right to education: public, private, charter, or homeschool: Strongly Favors topic 7 Education decisions best made at local level: Favors topic 7 Denounce the Common Core State Standards: Favors topic 7
Favors topic 8: EPA regulations are too restrictive (-3 points on Social scale)	NO on protecting ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems: Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-5 points on Social scale)	World Court should have no say in Texas executions: Strongly Favors topic 9 Fully monitor sexual predators & bring them to justice: Favors topic 9 Supports the death penalty: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Opposes unreasonable and burdensome gun restrictions: Strongly Favors topic 10 Opposes restricting the Second Amendment: Favors topic 10 NO on banning high-capacity magazines of over 10 bullets: Strongly Favors topic 10
Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+2 points on Economic scale)	Abolish the IRS: Strongly Favors topic 11 Permanent Washington elite protects the tax code: Opposes topic 11 Adopt a single-rate tax system: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Repeal tax hikes in capital gains and death tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Opposes increasing tax rates: Opposes topic 11 Supports eliminating the inheritance tax: Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	End Obama's illegal amnesty via Congress' checks & balances: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Defund amnesty; and refuse any nominees until rescinded: Strongly Opposes topic 12 No path to citizenship for 1.65 million illegals in Texas: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Give police more power to ask about immigration status: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Boots on the ground, plus a wall: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Triple the size of the Border Patrol: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Strengthen border security and increase enforcement: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale)	Defended Chinese company on intellectual property theft: Strongly Favors topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+5 points on Economic scale)	Don't let world courts bind American sovereignty: Strongly Favors topic 14 Cuba is oppressive but never misses chance to propagandize: Favors topic 14 America is indispensable; our allies need our leadership: Strongly Favors topic 14 US has a responsibility to defend our values abroad: Favors topic 14 Sponsored opposing the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty: Strongly Favors topic 14 Oppose the United Nations' Arms Trade Treaty: Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-5 points on Social scale)	Vital role for deploying military force abroad: Strongly Favors topic 15 Fierce advocate of recruiting and growing the military: Strongly Favors topic 15
No opinion on topic 16: Make voter registration easier (0 points on Social scale)	If you like special interests, I ain't your guy: Favors topic 16 Require voters to show ID to avoid voter fraud: Opposes topic 16
Opposes topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-3 points on Social scale)	Toughen sanctions on Iran, to safeguard America: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Arm the Kurds to fight ISIS, with US air support: Opposes topic 17 Bomb ISIS back to the Stone Age: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Arm & aid the Peshmerga Kurds against ISIS: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Don't arm Syrian rebels without a clear plan to combat ISIS: Favors topic 17 Vigorous sanctions against Putin; help eastern Ukraine: Opposes topic 17 Install Eastern European ABMs; stand up to Russia in Ukraine: Opposes topic 17 Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan went on too long: Favors topic 17 Sponsored shutting down Iranian foreign reserves: Opposes topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Fight against Gulf moratorium on offshore exploration: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Cap-and-trade has no impact on global temperatures: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Explore proven energy reserves & keep energy prices low: Opposes topic 18 Let states lease energy rights on federal lands: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+2 points on Social scale)	Lower minimums and mandatory sentencing for drugs: Opposes topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	Pass a flat tax and abolish the IRS, and jobs will follow: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Balanced budget amendment to stop bankrupting our country: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Debt ceiling limits "blank check" of federal spending: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Limit federal spending growth to per-capita inflation rate: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Supports the Cut-Cap-and-Balance Pledge: Opposes topic 20 Audit the Federal Reserve & its actions on mortgage loans: Opposes topic 20

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[McGruff]

Well it seems Trump and Cruz do disagree on something.
A couple of questions Senator Cruz.

1: Would you enforce a no fly zone in Syria?
2: Would you put boots on the ground?

A simple yes or no please not an essay.