Candidates for president flesh out their anti-IS war plans
Republican contenders agree on only one thing: Obama’s strategy isn’t working.
Real estate mogul Donald Trump promises to “bomb the shit” out of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) and keep Muslims out if he’s elected president.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has vowed to drop so much ordnance on Iraq and Syria that the world will find out “if sand can glow in the dark.”
And New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says even Syrian refugees who are “orphans under age 5” shouldn’t be admitted into the country unless the FBI can vet them fully.
So far, the US presidential campaign has been dominated by bellicose sound bites as these and other Republican hopefuls make their case that President Barack Obama has made the country less safe. The harsh rhetoric serves both to appeal to an anxious electorate while undermining Obama’s former secretary of state, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.
