Posted on 02/10/2016 4:59:13 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) directed President Obama to "stop protecting China" in order to more effectively respond to hostile actions from North Korea.
Cruz, a presidential candidate, penned the letter to Obama Wednesday to express concern with his policy of "strategic patience" toward North Korea. Earlier, the Texas senator announced that he would vote in favor of legislation that would impose nuclear weapons-related sanctions in North Korea, which is expected to gain passage in the Senate.
Cruz outlined several means of more effectively responding to aggressive actions from North Korea, which over the weekend launched a long-range rocket and purportedly conducted its fourth nuclear test in recent weeks in defiance of international sanctions. In the letter, Cruz asked Obama to acknowledge that China is no longer the United States' "partner" in denuclearizing North Korea.
"Lax enforcement of U.S. laws have made China complacent in policing the illicit financing of regimes like North Korea and Iran, thus becoming complicit in their proliferation. China has enabled DPRK arms shipments to Iran to travel unimpeded through Chinese ports and airspace," Cruz wrote, using an abbreviation for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
"It has facilitated the shipment of chemical reagents and protective suits from North Korea to Syria. It has allowed transfer of arms-related material to Syria."
Cruz also proposed fully enforcing U.S. laws, rebuilding the Navy, and deploying a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) unit to more effectively protect U.S. troops and defend South Korea as ways to respond to the North Korean aggression.
Cruz argued that North Korea should be re-designated as a state sponsor of terrorism, citing the November 2014 cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment that the FBI concluded was orchestrated by Pyongyang, in addition to other threats.
"The regime in Pyongyang has not only issued explicit threats against American citizens, but there is also documented evidence that North Korea has shipped arms to Iran. Three intercepted vessels bound for Iran in July 2009 contained North Korean weapons that Western intelligence and Israeli intelligence officials and non-government experts believe were bound for Hezbollah and Hamas," Cruz wrote.
He emphasized the need for America to "lead from a position of strength."
"Your administration has, for too long, hoped to achieve denuclearization through failed diplomacy and limited sanctions," Cruz wrote Obama.
On Tuesday, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said that North Korea had made good on a promise to expand its Yongbyon nuclear enrichment facility and restarted a plutonium reactor that could recover spent fuel within weeks.
I wonder where the Canadian got the China idea?
Probably same place he got the wall idea.
Cruz is a clown.
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Maybe he can do an ad about Trump talking about the abuse we get from China. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Wow. Cruz the Copy Cat Canadian.
Wow, a strongly worded letter.
Way to lead, Ted.
Hahahaha
M2T.
“I wonder where the Canadian got the China idea?
Probably same place he got the wall idea.”
So true. Trump has made it safe for Ted to now support waterboarding. hehehehe
Speaking of protecting China; Cruz voted against an amendment that would have given Congress the authority to accept or reject China’s membership into TPP. Cruz’s wife also worked for a Free-Trade lunatic who was a big fan of the Chinese regime, and also worked for the CFR in their globalist schemes. 9 days after Cruz was elected to the senate, Heidi was promoted by Goldman Sachs and given a salary of half a million a year.
Rings hollow from the guy who voted for the fast track TPA.
Cruz made it easier by voting for the TPA that makes it easier to pass TPP by lowering the 2/3 requirement by the U.S. Constitution for agreement to only 51% and limiting the debate time to 20 hours.
That way guys like Cruz can vote against the TPP even though he is really for it. If Cruz was really against the TPP, then he would not have passed the TPA.
Cruz following Trump’s lead again.
” Scolds” is such a weak word
Makes Ted seem like a p***y
I hope it was journalistic malpractice
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