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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) spoke to the press in the nation’s capital Tuesday morning to address the horrific terror attacks in Brussels. He mourned with the victims’ families, then pinned the blame on failed leadership both at home and abroad.

“Today’s attacks in Brussels underscores this is a war,” Cruz said. “This is not a lone war. ISIS has declared jihad.”

“It is way past time we have a president who will acknowledge this evil and will call it by its name and use the full force and fury to defeat ISIS,” he continued. “Until they are defeated, these attacks will continue. Their target is each and every one of us.”

Cruz, one of five remaining presidential candidates, urged America needs a leader who is not afraid to speak about terrorism in bold terms.

“We need a president who sets aside political correctness,” Cruz insisted. “We don’t need another lecture about Islamophobia.”

More than a change in rhetoric, Cruz noted we need a more robust security process. The Brussels attacks, Cruz said, are “the fruit of a failed immigration policy in Europe.”

He called the president’s plan to allow thousands of Syrian refugees into the States woefully wrong. We need “serious vetting,” he said.

Asked to address his rival Donald Trump’s suggestion on Monday that the U.S. withdraw from NATO, Cruz appeared visibly disgusted.

“Trump is wrong” when he says that we withdraw from NATO and retreat from Europe, Cruz said. “Trump’s proposal to withdraw from NATO is sadly consistent with his statement he intends to be neutral with Israel.”

Cruz also slammed the president’s trip to Cuba, before suggesting Obama book the next available flight to Brussels.

It will be interesting to hear President Obama’s tone at this morning’s press conference from Cuba and how it compares with Cruz’s unequivocal response.

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http://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobri...phobia-n2137788

And, I don't want another lecture about islam or islamophobia.

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Good quote!

Unfortunately he can't help trying to score points by distorting Trump's clear policy on Islamic immigration and terrorist threats.

"Texas Sen. Ted Cruz condemned deadly attacks in Brussels Tuesday, saying the incident was a sign that America is “at war” and warning that Donald Trump’s foreign policy is just as feckless, in his view, as that of President Barack Obama."

Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-p...8#ixzz43fctTjXW

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“Trump is wrong” when he says that we withdraw from NATO and retreat from Europe, Cruz said. “Trump’s proposal to withdraw from NATO is sadly consistent with his statement he intends to be neutral with Israel.”

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So, you don't think Trump is wrong? We should withdraw from NATO?

Here's a link to his remarks from a day ago on this subject:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post...ashington-post/

And more from http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/for...-s-role-in-nato:

However, Trump stopped short of advocating U.S. withdrawal from NATO, saying:

"No, I don’t want to pull [the United States] out. NATO was set up at a different time. NATO was set up when we were a richer country. We’re not a rich country. We’re borrowing….

I think the distribution of costs has to be changed. I think NATO as a concept is good, but it is not as good as it was when it first evolved."

I don't see a thing wrong with anything he said. To me it is reasoned common sense. So if his comments make him a kook, I guess I must join him in kookdom.

BTW, if you take a trip in the Wayback Machine I recall George W. Bush emphasizing how he was not a nation builder. I also seem to recall a lot of people, including me, staking their vote for him on that promise. So much for promises.

Personally, I've had enough of say one thing, do another thing politicians.

@truthkeeper, I agree. No more nation building.

And, no, if that is the quote, sounds pretty reasonable.

People lie dead at the hands of Islamic terrorist and our President shows himself to be a classless, disgusting moron.