Posted on 03/22/2016 8:08:26 AM PDT by DeathBeforeDishonor1
is slamming Republican presidential rival Donald Trump's call to rethink U.S. involvement in NATO in the wake of Tuesday's terrorist attacks in Brussels.
"It is striking that the day after Donald Trump called for America weakening NATO, withdrawing from NATO, we see Brussels, where NATO is headquartered, the subject of a radical Islamic terrorist attack," Cruz told reporters in Washington on Tuesday.
"Donald Trump is wrong that America should withdraw from the world and abandon our allies," Cruz added. He claimed Trump's proposals to draw back from Europe would hand both Russian leader Vladimir Putin and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria "a major victory." Trump, in an interview Monday with The Washington Post editorial board, questioned the need for NATO, which has been a central component of Western security efforts since the Cold War.
"We certainly can’t afford to do this anymore," Trump said.
"NATO is costing us a fortune, and yes, we’re protecting Europe with NATO, but we’re spending a lot of money," later added.
Trump doubled down on his proposal to rethink support for NATO during an interview on CNN with Wolf Blitzer.
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UUuuuhhh, is he still employed? Does he still get paid?
It is interesting you use the word "parasite"
Hitler would be so proud.
He appears almost afraid of losing.
I’m guessing they told him that if he doesn’t secure the nomination, they are going to run someone else for his Senate seat.
And Cruz want’s to be the Leader of the US when he can’t even lead a simple majority of 100 people??? WTH!
I complained about this in the 90s. We need to use this situation to recast the NATO mission and have the EU pay up.
Getting rid of NATO is the wrong message during the attacks.
Can you Cruz guys articulate the reasons for your support, and stop asking us Trump guys to explain stuff to you?
Surely, you can express sound reasoning, and dispense with the nannanannabooboo?
Of course it is, but we can’t force them. This is entirely self inflicted, and being dragged down with them is not in my ToDo list. Don’t you know, nothing short of all out war will end this.
Exactly. Like 9-11 this is an immigration problem.
But our politically correct ruling elite are shocked at the idea of banning Muslim immigration to the West.
Much better to have the occasional terrorist massacre. The proles can learn to live with it.
Cruz - still stuck in 1950.
Preserving a hollowed out, weak defense alliance is not in our interests. When the rubber hits the road, they expect the US to pick up the tab. We can no longer afford to do that. In fact, we have not been able to afford it for decades. We are the world's biggest debtor nation.
Is it any wonder the Europeans fear Trump?
Your analogy fails on a number of points.
Europe isn’t asking us to stop them, they’re asking for us to assist their suicide. We are under no obligation to do so. We are certainly under no obligation to pay for the suicide weapon.
As a sovereign nation we have every right, indeed we have the obligation, to reevaluate as circumstances change. We aided the Soviets during WWII. By your logic we should have continued that during the Cold War.
If they can afford a couple million refugees they can afford to cough up 4.4% of their GDP for defense.
Something THEY are supposedly obligated to do under the NATO Charter.
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Cruz has become as pathetic as his sidekick, Beck. Freaking deranged.
Btw, I the U.S. should dump NATO and the UN.
Wow-—you would “think” Cruz is smart enough to know that the evil globalists and their satanic, boy-raping morons in NATO are part of the sexist cartel take-over, and the enabling system of mass chaos for Marshall Law. These events are orchestrated by the elites/NATO and the UN to destroy nations and erase borders and create a World government under corporate control (total fascism).
Destroying Western Civilization (”white”) cultures is essential to create the serf/slave worldview (the Inca Mindset—incapable of profound, abstract thought) so that “happy slavery” (Fichte/irrational reality—Up is Down/Boys are Girls) can be forced onto ALL children-—just dumb, ignorant, conditioned interchangeable “worker bees” who can be killed when useless.
Cruz must be just a puppet of Soros and the gang of sodomites/satanists who want billions killed and enslaved and Lucifereanism (Islam) to be the only allowed religion, as the vulgar Super Bowl satanic worship is normalized—and mutilation of self (hatred for white males/Western Christian Civilization) is normalized by Common Core and Movies/TV, so all little white boys are conditioned to “think” in the warped, sick, irrational way of sexist sodomites/satanists.
We need OUT of NATO and UN-—they are corrupt, evil, unconstitutional organizations that steal billions of our money for destruction of nations and to make sodomites wealthy as they rape the nations (literally).
Cruz is evolving into a total moron before our very eyes.
Cruz was quite articulate in his AIPAC speech.
The rhetoric should be around making NATO stronger with full funding from all, not tearing everything down.
Trump didn’t say we were abandoning NATO. He said we spend too much on it and we do.
“bzzzt try again”
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Translation: “Good point, CW. I have no compelling counter argument.”
Dump NATO and the U.N. The sooner the better.
“Cruz couldn’t even wait a day before turning this into an anti-Trump moment. What a terrible, and pathetic, thing to do.”
Cruz is beginning to look like Hitlary without a skirt. Both will say ANYTHING to get elected.
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