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FR THREAD: A Reagan Doctrine for the Twenty-First Century - Let's take off our gloves
Post #1: The AEI scholars recommend a return to the level of defense spending proposed by Robert Gates, and the gradual build to "an affordable floor of 4 percent of gross domestic product that would sustain the kind of military America needs." These numbers might not be as shocking as Reagan's. But at least they would reverse the hollowing out of the force. And they would grab the attention of the Kremlin.
"...."You claim it is tough talk to discuss carpet bombing," [Ted] Cruz said. "It is not tough talk. It is a different fundamental military strategy than what we've seen from Barack Obama."
Cruz continued to hammer Obama over his military strategy.
"Barack Obama right now, No. 1, over seven years, has dramatically degraded our military," he said.
He then invoked the Persian Gulf War, using it as justification of his strategy of increased air attacks:
Just two weeks ago was the 25th anniversary of the first Persian Gulf War. When that war began, we had 8,000 planes. Today we have about 4,000. When that war began, we had 529 ships, today we have 272. You want to know what carpet-bombing is? It's what we did in the first Persian Gulf War: 1,100 air attacks a day, saturation bombing that utterly destroyed the enemy. Right now Barack Obama is launching about 15 and 30 air attacks a day. He's not arming the Kurds. We need to define the enemy, we need to rebuild the military, to defeat the enemy, and we need to be focused and lift the rules of engagement so we're not sending our fighting men and women into combat with their arms tied behind their backs. Jan 28, 2016
The special hell of a Cruz rally: What it’s like to spend an evening with GOP’s oiliest operator.
“The speech is filled with the usual bullshit that no one will call him on”....
Gary Legum belongs on someones list
It is so amazing that American has begat these people
Poll | Date | Sample | MoE |
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Rubio
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Cruz
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Bush
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Christie
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Fiorina
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Carson
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RCP Average | 2/1 - 2/5 | -- | -- | 31.3 | 15.0 | 11.6 | 11.4 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.1 | Trump +16.3 |
UMass/7News (Tracking)UMass Lowell | 2/3 - 2/5 | 501 LV | 4.9 | 35 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | Trump +21 |
Boston Globe/SuffolkBoston Globe | 2/3 - 2/4 | 500 LV | 4.4 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | Trump +10 |
WBUR/MassINCWBUR/MassINC | 2/2 - 2/4 | 410 LV | 4.9 | 29 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 4 | Trump +17 |
ARG (Tracking)ARG | 2/3 - 2/4 | 420 LV | 5.0 | 36 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | Trump +21 |
CNN/WMURCNN/WMUR | 2/2 - 2/4 | 209 LV | 6.8 | 29 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | Trump +11 |
NBC/WSJ/MaristNBC/WSJ | 2/2 - 2/3 | 653 LV | 3.8 | 30 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | Trump +13 |
Harper (R)Harper (R) | 2/1 - 2/2 | 425 LV | 4.8 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | Trump +17 |
How such superior people can bear to share a country with the likes of us must truly astound and amaze them...