Ted Cruz on ISIS, and the split among GOP hawks **UPDATE on Trump**

[Fuzzy Bear]

No one seems to want to be honest about the fact that (A) we don't have a dog in this hunt, and (B) the reason for this is because we have interfered in the internal affairs of this region so much that all sides really don't like us.

[Fuzzy Bear]

Cruz makes more sense than many on the GOP stage.  His solution isn't ideal, but it's far more sane than the "No Fly Zone" crowd that will lead to direct military confrontation with Russia.

With regard to the debate as a whole:  Most of the GOP is engaged in double-talk about ISIS.  Is ISIS our leading enemy in the World?  They don't act like it is.  They are more afraid of Russia Iran, Assad, Hezbollah, and a "Shia Crescent" in the Middle East, EVEN THOUGH THESE ARE THE FOLKS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE ACTUAL FIGHT AGAINST ISIS.  This is more than a minor inconsistency.  If ISIS is truly our #1 enemy, why wouldn't we be joining with those fighting it?  Specifically, why wouldn't we join the coalition that has already formed against ISIS?  That's a question that begs an answer, and the silence is deafening.

The reason for the silence is that these candidates know that Obama, who gets nothing but criticism on ISIS, has probably handled the situation as well as it could be.  The ultimatums against Assad were a mistake, and support for the Arab Spring, in retrospect, was a mistake, but there is also precedent for America supporting tyrants that later fell and the successor regimes became hostile to America.  Obama, more than many, has played one side against the other in the Middle East to the point where there is something of a deadlock that is better than a lot of outcomes there.  Of course, since Obama is the Devil, these GOP candidates can't admit that, but . . .