Posted on 03/21/2016 7:38:36 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Ted Cruz on Monday mocked Donald Trump's grasp of history and promised not to be neutral in a negotiation between Israel and Palestinians, something Trump has said he would do if elected president.
At his speech before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Cruz started by highlighting a mistake Trump made during his own speech just minutes earlier.
"Perhaps to the surprise of the previous speaker, Palestine has not existed since 1948," Cruz said, drawing mixed laughter and applause from the crowd.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Cruz is a first class pri*k. The condescion and arrogance of this little scumbucket who has accomplished nothing of note in his life in comparison to Trump is astounding. I’ve said many times on here, Cruz is a sociopath. He’s a persistent liar, egomaniac, talks amd talks in a superior manner, has no friends and can be anything you want him to be at any time. Actually, there is a good bit of evidence that politicians are socio or psychopaths in the clinical sense. Cruz fits that description perfectly.
Poor BigBob. It really hurts to know your guy is failing.
We really feed for ya.
Smart guys don’t blame the other candidates when Soros sends his goons out.
Why are the Trumpsters so enraged that Cruz is so much more intelligent than Trump ? I will vote for either one, but intellectually, by any measure, Cruz runs circles around Trump. Grits is grits.
Watching the 2 speeches, it’s obvious Trump has moved past the Primaries and Ted is still flailing in them.
Ted lost me about a month ago, but I kept holding out that he might redeem himself, in my eyes. But he just keeps doubling down on the same losing campaign strategery.
The fact he hasn’t muzzled Beck makes me think maybe he doesn’t have the best decision making skills.
But Cruz isn’t smarter ..
FRiend, you need to do some research into Beck’s more recent lunatic rantings, you clearly are not quite up to speed.
Check out post 14. Trump’s been there an ddone that in a way that backs up every thing he says - Obama hasn’t.
HUGE difference - not comparable.
Trump said no such thing in his speech.
"Perhaps to the surprise of the previous speaker, Palestine has not existed since 1948," Cruz said, drawing mixed laughter and applause from the crowd.
Spoken exactly like a professional debater with few actual life achievements. I really have lost a lot of respect for Cruz in this cycle.
“Its not arrogance if you actually are smarter than the other candidates. Its kind of like its not bragging if its true.”
But he isn’t smarter, in fact he is quite ignorant when it comes to free markets...and if he was truly smart he would not have to lie so much...and he would be winning or at least running close which he isn’t. Trump has completely dominated the primaries...but, don’t let reality get in the way of a comfortable delusion...
Recent polls show that Trump is far more popular than Cruz in Israel. Cruz may be able to fool his followers here but Israelis don’t think he will deliver.
I have to agree with poster 1
Arrogance and intelligence or education are different aspects of one’s character.
Some well educated people as well as some not so smart people are arrogant to the point of being unbearable.
And the opposite holds true.
Cruz could be smart without being arrogant.
Or he could be smart and humble or modest.
But he does seem to be getting more and more snarky and less and less likeable and persuasive because of it.
You're one of FR's nastiest, lying, two-faced posters, so not very surprising you wouldn't find the same qualities in a candidate you support off putting.
Not only did Cruz give the same speech he always gives, he can't stop himself from being political/insulting in an important speech. Even Kasich did a better job keeping it Presidential, and that's bad.
Watch the video in 14.
Trump is many moves ahead and levels above Cruz.
Trump at AIPAC: ‘Obama May Be The Worst Thing To Ever Happen To Israel’
Townhall.com ^ | March 21, 2016 | Matt Vespa
Posted on 3/21/2016, 5:40:23 PM by Kaslin
Republican frontrunner Donald Trump addressed the American Israel Public Affairs Committee on the second day of their annual conference in Washington D.C. At a packed Verizon Center, Trump addressed the attendees.
The Donald opened by saying that he was a lifelong supporter and friend of Israel, noting that he allowed then-Mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani to fly on his airplane to Israel during his visit to show solidarity with other terror victims.
“In Spring 2004, at the height of violence in the Gaza Strip, I was the Grand Marshal of the 40th Salute to Israel Parade, the largest single gathering in support of the Jewish state,” he said.
Yet, what appeared as a typical Trump speech, which is usually dotted by insults against his primary opponents, and the press, in prolonged ramblings about various subjects, quickly turned into something slightly more presidential; this was the billionaire magnate first attempt at delivering a written speech.
He said that he didn’t come here to pander about Israel like typical politicians, who are “all talk, no action.”
He discussed the future of American relations with Israel, which would begin with the dismantling of the disastrous Iran deal.
“I’ve studied this issue in greater detail than almost anybody,” declared Trump. It’s a bad deal that also gives $150 billion in unfrozen assets to Iran while we get nothing in return. Trump added that the Iran deal places U.S. in a horrific national security situation, along with Israel.
Trump then discussed at length the Islamic Republic’s penchant for aiding and funding global terror. They’ve sent sophisticated weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon, which was created by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps when Israel invaded the country in 1982. The Donald added that Hezbollah threatens Israel’s northern border. Yet, they’ve also aided or bankrolled terror attacks in 25 different countries on five continents, which is why a Trump administration would work to dismantle their reach in spreading global terror:
…[W]e will totally dismantle Iran’s global terror network. Iran has seeded terror groups all over the world. During the last five years, Iran has perpetrated terror attacks in 25 different countries on five continents. They’ve got terror cells everywhere, including in the western hemisphere very close to home. Iran is the biggest sponsor of terrorism around the world and we will work to dismantle that reach.
He also pledged to hold Iran accountable to the restrictions in the deal by restructuring them. For starters, he would tackle what he sees as a glaring misstep in oversight involving ballistic missile tests, which isn’t a violation of the current agreement, though it does violate various United Nations Security Council resolutions. Those missiles, if left ignored, could eventually reach the shores of the United States, which is unacceptable. They’re also meant to intimidate Europe and Israel. A Trump White House won’t tolerate this ongoing activity; he made that explicitly clear.
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.@realDonaldTrump says @POTUS “may be the worst thing to ever happen to Israel.” #AIPAC2016 pic.twitter.com/HdvQKBRLrN— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 21, 2016
The Donald then attacked the utter weakness and incompetence of the United Nations, where he vowed as president, that he would veto any resolutions that he felt would endanger the Jewish state. He also said that the UN isn’t a friend of freedom, democracy, the U.S., and certainly not an ally of Israel. He later added that President Obama “may be the worst thing to ever happen to Israel.” He also mentioned how the president’s push for a solution between Israel and Palestine is a horrible deal:
With President Obama in his final year, discussions have been swirling about an attempt to bring a security council resolution on the terms of an eventual agreement between Israel and Palestine. Let me be clear: An agreement imposed by the UN would be a total and complete disaster. The United States must oppose this resolution and use the power of our veto. Why? Because that’s not how you make a deal.
Deals are made when parties come to the table and negotiate. Each side must give up something it values in exchange for something it requires. A deal that imposes conditions on Israel and the Palestinian Authority will do nothing to bring peace. It will only further delegitimize Israel and it would reward Palestinian terrorism, because every day they are stabbing Israelis – and even Americans.
Just last week, American Taylor Allen Force, a West Point grad who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, was murdered in the street by a knife-wielding Palestinian. You don’t reward that behavior, you confront it!
It’s not up the United Nations to impose a solution. The parties must negotiate a resolution themselves. The United States can be useful as a facilitator of negotiations, but no one should be telling Israel it must abide by some agreement made by others thousands of miles away that don’t even really know what’s happening.
Trump added that there is no moral equivalency between Israel and Palestine because the former doesn’t name public squares after terrorists; they don’t pay children to stab innocent people. Palestinians must end their culture of hatred against Israelis.
Another aspect of Trump’s speech was the plug for his book, “The Art of the Deal,” which he proudly claimed is one of the all-time best selling books on the subject. Nevertheless, he also highlighted the Palestinians’ serial rejection of the peace process, and that the day he becomes president will be the day Israel stops being treated like a second-class citizen.
He added that Hillary Clinton is a total disaster, and that she and President Obama have treated Israel “very, very badly.” If elected, a Trump presidency would move the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
The speech was more measured, though it did contain the real estate moguls’ usual trademarks and phrases. At several points in his address, he received standing ovations. This speech was seen as a rather important address for the businessman, who would be speaking to “a sophisticated crowd on Middle East policy,” some of whom have thus far been either unimpressed with his grasp of foreign policy issues, or looking for that in-depth look at policy that’s so visibly lacking this cycle. Moreover, there was probably (and after this speech still) lingering skepticism about the billionaire’s position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since Trump has said that he would take a “neutral” position on the matter. Tonight, Trump said he’s a friend of Israel, “believe me.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3412051/posts
Well eight or nine standing ovations, so he must have said something that they liked.
And "smarter" got him...what, exactly? Debating champion at Princeton. A 2-9 record before the (conservative) Supreme Court, a career as a Bush bureaucrat, and a Senate term with zero achievements (except support for Obama on TPA).
Cruz should get a tent, and he and Beck could have revivals and medicine shows. I think that is what they are suited for, not political office, and certainly not president.
Wow!
Tell us how smart Cruz is hooking up with Glen Beck.
An Eddie Haskel statement for the Eddie Haskel candidate.
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