Twinkle Toes Milbank
Posted on 05/27/2015 7:15:24 PM PDT by VinL
As he prepared for his presidential run over the last year or so, a hawkish Sen. Ted Cruz has said U.S. policy in the Middle East and elsewhere is a mess because of President Obama’s weakness — particularly his failure to enforce his own “red line” after the Syrian regime used chemical weapons.
“A critical reason for Putin’s aggression has been President Obama’s weakness,” the senator said in a typical appearance, on ABC News last year. “You’d better believe that Putin sees that in Syria,” Cruz added. “Obama draws a red line and ignores the red line.”
This takes quite a lot of chutzpah, even by Cruz standards. It’s true that Obama didn’t enforce his red line in Syria – in large part because Ted Cruz rallied opposition to bombing Syria.
I was reminded of Cruz’s hypocrisy this week by Rep. Adam Kinzinger, an Illinois Republican who served three tours in Iraq and two in Afghanistan as an Air Force pilot. Kinzinger, who favors a muscular foreign policy, was one of a small group of House Republicans leading the effort to give Obama authority to bomb Syria in 2013 – but they were undone when Cruz began declaring that bombing the Syrian regime would mean make the United States “al Qaeda’s air force.”
“I think Ted Cruz bears some responsibility for not enforcing the red line” Kinzinger told me. “The Republican support began crumbling the more Cruz spoke. His words implied that anyone who voted for strikes would be acting as an agent of al Qaeda.”
Condemning Obama for failing to enforce the Syrian red line after blocking him from enforcing the very same red line? This is vintage Cruz...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Dana Milbank? Seriously? I’ve read better stuff on the backs of cereal boxes.
Twinkle Toes Milbank
Maybe because God had other plans than “we” did.
“We” substituted worldliness for godliness. “We” are drinking from the cup of that wicked brew now.
And no “we” can’t exorcise the problem by working up the usual wrath on the demon du jour. Because it’s “us” in that demon picture frame.
It would have to be... it’s only logical...
They don’t call it Men Seeking Men media for nothing. I heard that from Harry Reid.
There is no Dana, only Zuul.
The MSM does not know economics and their world view is false, but give them their proper due. They have a powerful ideological sense and can smell a true conservative from a great distance. Hit pieces on Cruz mean that he is the man they hate and fear. Go Ted!
That’s coz it’s spelled “gangrene”. It thought you were misspelling tangerine! LOL
I blame the Jews. It’s a Zionist plot ;)
I keep hearing weapons but nowhere does anybody say how they got them.
Yeah, a lot of people are upset with him on Fast Track.
For those who are passionate about the issue, the anger is certainly justified- I’m not very keen on these trade deals either.
But, from a different angle, the guy voted for what he believes in, even though he had to know that it was going to tick some people off, and potentially, cost him politically.
That’s got to count for something.
The real freedom of religion has been in our hearts, ever since the cross of Christ.
We have pretended it was tied to externals.
Christ warned about THAT.
The stranger we should not set over our private hearts is the idol of a government.
And the countries participating look to get an anti-commie innoculation. As opposed to the BRICS. I trust Ted, he’s not going full throttle without time thought into these decisions.
And he is not available to buy off. The Secret part stresses me, but I’m patient to see how that plays out.
Milbank, POS.
I don’t know the answer to your question, but perhaps this article by Ted Cruz in the Washington Post defending his position will help.
I stand with Ted.
And hey it is the WaPo what else would you expect?
Here is what Cruz actually said and in context:
Sanctions on Putin for Ukraine: tyrants respond to weakness
Q: On Russia’s invasion of Ukraine:
CRUZ (VIDEO TAPE): A critical reason for Putin’s aggression has been President Obama’s weakness. That Putin fears no retribution. You better believe Putin sees in Benghazi four Americans are murdered and nothing happens. There is no retribution. You better believe that Putin sees that in Syria, Obama draws a red line and ignores the red line.
Q: (ON CAMERA): So how would you stand up? What would you do? Military action?
CRUZ: No. No, look, not at all.
Q: Sanctions? Would you do sanctions?
CRUZ: Absolutely, yes. There are a host of things we can do. Let’s rewind the clock a little bit. #1, don’t demonstrate weakness for five years. We have seen historically over and over again tyrants respond to weakness. We keep making that mistake with Putin. Putin is a KGB thug. When the protests began in Ukraine, the president should have stood unapologetically, emphatically for freedom. And when the US doesn’t speak for freedom, tyrants notice.
Source: ABC This Week 2014 series of 2016 presidential hopefuls , Mar 9, 2014
http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Ted_Cruz_Foreign_Policy.htm
Word.
Now if he could just not vote to give Obama friggin fast-track trade agreement authority, everything would be peachy-keen.
The best I can make of this is that nobody ever authorized unilateral action against Syria. Cruz said that Obama should have take the matter to the Security Council, and what he opposed was Obama taking unilateral military action based on his “red line.”
More on Obama’s read line comments here:
http://www.factcheck.org/2013/09/obamas-blurry-red-line/
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