One would hope that candidates for the presidency of the United States would propose carefully considered strategies to combat ISIS. Well, that just isn’t the case with Donald Trump or the imitators joining him on stage tonight.
Unlike Hillary Clinton — who released a comprehensive plan to combat terrorism globally — the Republican candidates demagogue and talk tough on terror when, in reality, they haven’t got a clue.
Ted Cruz: “I will direct the Department of Defense to destroy ISIS.” [Ted Cruz press release, 12/6/15]
Donald Trump on his ISIS plan: “I would bomb the shit out of them.” [Real Clear Politics, 11/13/15]
Paul Waldman: Marco Rubio’s ISIS plan was a “collection of ideas ranging from the irrelevant to the ridiculous.” [Paul Waldman, The Week, 11/23/15]
John Kasich: “We have to go on the ground and in the air and destroy ISIS in a coalition.” [USA Today, 12/9/15]