Warning From Ted Cruz: Far Too Many Republicans Are Eager To Drag U.S. Into Syria's Civil War

The Blaze ^ | 11/18/2015 | Leigh Munell

[conservativejoy]

Putting U.S. troops on the ground in Syria to counter the Islamic State and take on Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime would be a mistake, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Wednesday.

"I don't believe the answer is sending boots on the ground to Syria," the Republican candidate for president told reporters in Washington. "President Obama , and I think far too many Republicans , are eager to get us in the middle of an internecine civil war in Syria. We don't have a dog in that fight."

Assad is a "monster" who has murdered women and children and gassed his own citizens, Cruz said, but handing the country over to warring extremist factions would be worse.

"The enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my friend," he said. "And toppling Assad, if it results in radical Islamic terrorists taking over Syria, if it results in Al Qaeda or Al Nusra or ISIS taking over all of Syria, that would be a catastrophic mistake."

Some Republican candidates, including Ohio Gov. John Kasich and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, have said they would support putting U.S. boots on the ground in Syria.

[EBH]

When this all started in Syria...a lot of us said, no to putting boots on the ground there to support the FSA at the time. Was that a mistake?

Fast forward to today, we would be trying to insert ourselves between three warring factions that none will be of benefit to us.

Let them fight it out amongst themselves.

[Calpublican]

President BO sounds very confident his Syrian refugee plan will go through so the fix is in with the Senate. Today Reid said he will fight to support Obama (natch).

[SunkenCiv]

OTOH, this was hilarious:

Six reasons Ted Cruz is in trouble
Washington Post | November 19, 2015 | Jennifer Rubin
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3362591/posts