Republican Candidates Evasive On How They’d Fight ISIS Better Than Obama
They’re hawkish, and yet have no detailed plans on how to fight ISIS.
Lindsey Graham and Rick Santorum want to deploy 10,000 American troops in Iraq as part of a coalition with Arab nations against Islamic State militants, and will settle for nothing less than “destroying the caliphate,” in Mr. Graham’s words.
Jeb Bush believes those additional American soldiers would have prevented the Islamic State from gathering strength in recent years. But an American-led force now? “I don’t think that will work,” he said in an interview Friday, his latest sign of wariness at the prospect of becoming the third President Bush to dispatch ground troops to the Middle East.
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Marco Rubio describes his strategy against the Islamic State with a line from the action movie “Taken” — “we will look for you, we will find you, and we will kill you” — yet he is more inclined to provide “the most devastating air support possible” rather than send in American troops. Scott Walker and Rick Perry are more open to a combat mission, while Rand Paul wants boots on the ground — as long as they are “Arab boots on the ground.”…Based on recent interviews with several declared and likely candidates, as well as their foreign policy speeches and off-the-cuff remarks, a picture emerges of a Republican field that sounds both hawkish and hesitant about fighting the Islamic State — especially before its warriors find ways to bring the fight to American soil, a threat that Mr. Bush, Mr. Walker and Mr. Graham foresee. (Those three men, as well as Mr. Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, and Mr. Perry, a former governor of Texas, plan to announce their presidential intentions soon.)
Yet most of the Republicans are also reluctant and even evasive when it comes to laying out detailed plans, preferring instead to criticize Mr. Obama’s war strategy.
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tracey marie May 24th, 2015 at 19:09
As usual they have nothing, they have no ideas, no intelligence, no critical thinking skills, NOTHING. They all wail and bello0w about what President Obama and Future President Clinton have done and are doing but no idea of what they would do diffrently
whatthe46 May 24th, 2015 at 19:22
sonds right.
anothertoothpick May 24th, 2015 at 20:15
The one and only thing they know for sure is…
tracey marie May 24th, 2015 at 20:25
Sad but true.
rg9rts May 25th, 2015 at 07:45
They have McCain as point man
Suzanne McFly May 24th, 2015 at 19:48
Funny how they claim how they will fight them by sending thousands of troops who they have no knowledge or familiarity with. It is not they who will be fighting, it will be our troops. They are so disassociated with commoners, it is like they will be piling up rocks on a plane and shipping them over there as much as it is actual humans. They are not concerned with the outcomes of their plans. One thing we can rely on at the moment is the public isn’t disassociated and we are familiar with our troops and we do not support your views.
Obewon May 24th, 2015 at 19:55
GOP platform “no detailed plans” on anything except ‘leave no billionaire war profiteer behind’, Repub theocracies, and a tribute to Jesus W Bush Jr. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeI5y2ohifo
allison1050 May 24th, 2015 at 22:47
But the media has given them all a free pass by focusing on Hilary’s emails that have been deleted and which server she used. They themselves don’t really want to do their jobs such as asking them questions because it’s easier to focus on Hilary not taking their questions. While I worked someone always thought I should do my job if I wanted to get paid.
Mike May 24th, 2015 at 23:38
Alan may I suggest a shorter and more precise headline?
Republican Candidates Clueless
rg9rts May 25th, 2015 at 07:44
One thing for sure…none of their chicken hawk butts will ever go there.