Rubio calls to 'defend Turkey' against Putin

The Hill ^ | Nov 24 2015 | The Hill

[WilliamIII]

Turkey’s shooting down of a Russian jet fighter is a “critical moment” for the U.S. and its allies to stand up to Moscow, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said Tuesday.

Hours after the Kremlin condemned Turkey’s decision to shoot down the warplane for entering its airspace, Rubio warned against letting Russia get the upper hand.

“It's important for us to be very clear that we will respond and defend Turkey if they come under assault from the Russians. Otherwise the entire NATO alliance comes into question,” Rubio, who is running for president, said on Fox News.

[Cold Heat]

I suppose then, just in theory that if I came down to earth with a battle cruiser and promised to eliminate all the muzzies for you because I could, and what you did not know is that my end game was to kill and eat you too, then you would probably pay me for a seat to watch the carnage.

“Klaatu barada nikto”

[nathanbedford]

This is not about Turkey but about Poland and the Baltic states and ultimately about Germany. As weak as NATO is, it nevertheless is what we have to hold Western Europe together against the nuclear might of Russia and Russia's near monopoly of gas and oil supply to places like Germany.

The breakup of that alliance resulting in a realignment of Germany with Russia and China are the possible consequences of a broken NATO and of missteps in Mideast. We must not confuse Russian adventurism in the Mideast with noble motives anymore than we should ascribe noble motives to an increasingly Islamist Turkey. We should begin to think strategically instead of reacting emotionally to Isis. Yes kill Isis, that is relatively easy if we had a commander-in-chief with the will to do so. But the long-term consequences of a realignment of the balance of power in Europe and the Mideast is a whole new dimension of threat.

Isis is not the ultimate danger, a disastrous inversion of the balance of power in the middle East is the danger because it will be possessed of much of the world's oil, nuclear weapons, and jihadist fanaticism.

[Rome2000]

Har!

[Cold Heat]

No question about it....

[WilliamIII]

We should begin to think strategically

Which Rubio is NOT doing.

[WTFOVR]

See Marco frown ...
He just ate his shoe!
See his boss gag ...
He’s a RINO too!

[Calpublican]

Hello, Rubio, you little nitwit, Turkey supports ISIS.

[bjcoop]

That is stunningly bad analysis by Rubio. Putin is not sympathetic but he at least recognizes the Jihad threat while Erdogan is a apologist.

[so_real]

Is Rubio really that ignorant? Wow. The stupidity burns. Talk about being on the wrong side of the issue. Rubio should run against Hillary for the democratic nomination. I think he'd win that race.

[gwgn02]

This is what you get with an astroturf amateur GOP RINO shill for amnesty...a GOP empty suit Cuban Obama.

[The_Media_never_lie]

I hate having to be this blunt, but not only is Rubio unprincipled, he’s dumber than a brick.

Rubio did not know that muslims IN THIS COUNTRY celebrated as the twin towers were coming down. Either he forgot or he was not paying attention.

[Talisker]

Bye Rubio.

[ground_fog]

This is the guy the pundits think is great on foreign policy? Calling Putin a gangster and a criminal like it’s some third world country..my god Rubio you just slit your own throat today

what a dumbass

[Windflier]

Serious misstep, Rube. Even a lot of your low info supporters are going to react badly to that statement.

Trump is going to tan his hide with this one.

[WENDLE]

bolton? is that you?

[WilliamIII]

” my end game was to kill and eat you too,”

You saying Russia wants to kill us? Prove that. If they were to conquer the US, we’d actually have a lower tax rate — Russia’s income tax is a flat 10 percent.

They also outlaw gay adoptions, so young kids would be put at risk the way Obama is doing to American orphans.

They allow Russian priests to bless their government buildings. We ban the words “Merry Christmas” from our government buildings. Wow, I’m really scared of Russia!

[nopardons]

Marco is a moron!

[MNDude]

Russia has more nukes than USA now thanks to our liberal leadership.

[SmokingJoe]

Pretty Boy opens his mouth and puts his foot in it again. Turkey is the biggest supporter of ISIS on the planet. The Russians will be within their rights to start shooting down Turkish fighter jets in retaliation for Turkey shooting down the Russian plane.

[ground_fog]

not too mention the Turks should be kicked out of NATO

FU Rubio