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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Oh come on, Ted!
I’d like to point out that Trump isn’t a fan of the UN either, as he pointed out at the AIPAC conference yesterday. I don’t recall hearing Cruz say a word about getting out of the UN or, at the very least, “encouraging them to find a new home more in line with their criticism of the United States and Israel.” I’m sure a wealthy New York real estate tycoon could make something actually useful out of the UN building - after it was completely fumigated, of course.
He’s not, but lying about Cruz is par for the course with FReeper Trump supporters, so get used to it.
We have been propping up Europe with US tax payer dollars for decades.
This has allowed Europe to cut it's military budgets to almost nothing and has prolonged the inevitable collapse of these socialist states that would have occurred LONG ago if they had been forced to defend themselves with their tax dollars instead of ours.
Socialism is grand... until you run out of other peoples money to pay for it.
We prolonged that day of reckoning for Europe and in the process have infected a whole generation of American youth with the idea that socialism can work.
NATO is going to stop Europe from allowing millions of radical Islamist invaders into their countries?
OK....
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https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/ted_cruz/412573
He [CRUZ] missed 36/38 of votes this year.”
Wow...that’s even worse than Obama and McCain when they ran and IGNORED their JOB they were getting PAID for.
Cruz is a common opportunist politician, we've seen thousands of them - they do no good, only want to be elected.
You're wasting your breath, these zealots have made up their mind, common sense be damned.
“Perhaps he’s saying...”
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Yeah, I guess we’re all left wondering aren’t we? Cuz Cruz never speaks for himself, of from his heart.
Counter that with Trump, who ONLY speaks for himself, and very clearly so.
Because NATO has been so effective in stopping the jihadi invasion of Europe.....
NATO has served their purpose. It’s time for Europe to take care of itself. Since 1992 what has NATO done that Euro countries couldn’t do on their own?
I am disgusTed with this slimy POS attorney. Lies are his only currency.
Is he even capable of stating his own opinions on issues without his sick obsession with Trump?
Then he should that.
We shouldn’t get out of NATO, but we can’t continue on the same path with the US picking up most of the costs and the Europeans and Canadians spending less and less on defense. There has to be more burden-sharing. We are the world’s biggest debtor nation. We are bearing most of the burden in national treasure and blood to protect the “Free World,” Others must do more or else NATO is worthless.
Ted Cruz is an opportunistic politician that sells himself to any group that he believes will get him want he desires. He lied to the tea party, he lied to the workers by supporting TPA, he lied to Americans and supported the Corker Amendment, he has sold out to the Bushes, Romney, the GOPe and the Uniparty.
Further proof that as President, Cruz would be even more wrong than Obama. And more disliked.
bzzzt try again
Well our military isn’t accomplishing that either, so perhaps we should just all give up.
he did.
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