A friend has chastised me for not writing more on Cruz….he accused me of ignoring him…….I had to state that I was trying…… but he was right I have not given Cruz the scrutiny that I have given other candidates….and I will rectify that situation now…..
Other major candidates like Trump, Sanders, Clinton I have written about their policies and their people……I will admit that I have not seen much on the people that Cruz has on his team for foreign policy….that is until now……
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, has unveiled his new foreign policy team, stacked with some of the most aggressive hawks imaginable, saying they are a group of his “trusted friends” who believe in a “strong America.”
At the center of his team is neoconservative ultra-hawk Frank Gaffney, a loudly anti-Muslim figure who believes in a wild array of conspiracies, including that a number of top political figures from both parties of being part of a secret Muslim cabal plotting the conquest of America.
Also featuring prominently in the Cruz team is Michael Ledeen, the man at the center of the yellowcake uranium forgeries, among the pretexts for the 2003 US invasion and occupation of Iraq. Ledeen has been involved in a litany of scandals, dating all the way back to Iran-Contra. He was also, notably, the man who got Israeli spy Jonathon Pollard his job at the US Navy.
Of course speaking of Iran-Contra, one must inevitably discuss Elliott Abrams, who famously pled guilty to two charges of withholding information related to the scandal from Congress, and is likewise a central player in the new Cruz team. In addition to the Contra scandal, Abrams was involved in myriad ugly Reagan-era operations, and was a close ally of both former presidents Bush, receiving a pardon for his Reagan-era crimes by George H.W. Bush, and being appointed as a special adviser to George W.
(antiwar.com)
With this team and more, Cruz is surrounding himself with warmongers and criminals of the highest caliber. While the attempt appears to center on making him a more straightforward Republican insider, to serve as a counter to Trump, the jingoist and xenophobic policies these advisers portend also threatens to sabotage any hope he has of presenting himself as a safer alternative.
I think the hiring of these ultra-hawkish team illustrates just what type of foreign policy a Cruz presidency will follow……it will be unrealistic, interventionist and a problem for the safety of this country.
This should tell you something about the candidates including Cruz……
Trump’s WarPath!
https://www.rt.com/shows/crosstalk/336069-presidential-election-trump-america/#.VuwX-EPgd04.twitter
Well worth a listen!
I wouldn’t worry about Cruz so much. I am not convinced he is annointed by God to become the President like some people seem to believe.
None of these toads are appointed by anyone by their egos…it is all a power trip…we mean nothing to them in the end.
Again, on behalf of all Canadians…Sorry about dumping Cruz on you -eh?
Could it be that Cruz is even more dangerous and crazy than I already thought? The above sure indicates that.
Elliot Motherfucking Abrams! The perennial felon who just can’t seem to get jailed. I’ve seen this Sam The Eagle wannabee https://ixquick-proxy.com/do/show_picture.pl?l=english&rais=1&oiu=http%3A%2F%2Fimages2.wikia.nocookie.net%2F__cb20111013015934%2Fmuppet%2Fimages%2Fb%2Fb9%2FSam_point.jpg&sp=7e8853935d5ece61b7d2439e3e8c6744 lie so many times (and often with lies that couldn’t POSSIBLY be true) I wouldn’t believe this guy if he told me his name was Eliiot Abrams. And all the while, he could have passed a polygraph, no sweat.
Iran Contra criminal. Venezuelan Coup (2002) organizer. Oh yeah, and chief apologist for Reagan’s Dirty War in Central America that killed hundreds of thousands…while working as the laughably Orwellian job of “Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs”. And while I could be wrong, I also seem to remember him defending Raygun funding Pol Pot.
This is among the first guys Cruz turns to??? A guy so reptilian he is likely to order the torture of every Syrian refugee at UN refugee camps, kill the parents and eat the children alive. If caught red handed, he’ll cop a plea…. and then get pardoned by Cruz….and then get hired by the next Republican Administration.
Frank Gaffney: You KNOW a conservative is utterly batshit crazy when CPAC bans them! Look at who they allow to speak whenever they feel like. (Elliot Abrams included) Gaffney is considered too crazy to be allowed into the audience, never mind speak. Nuff said.
Mike Ledeen Another lying, evidence fabricating, douche ready to do/say whatever it takes to get what he wants done. Another Bush2 co-conspirator. Actually, there’s a lot of Bush2’s fingerprints on this list. Why not just hire Pearle & Wolfowitz while he’s at it? Curveball is available!
But it all shows Cruz’s religious mania, contempt for law/truth and the kind of sheer insanity he will apply to the Empire’s Affairs. Armageddon is a comin’ boys!
Suddenly, President Hillary…or even President Trump…seem a lot better by comparison. You know things are F.U.B.A.R. when…..
Gaffney and Abrams worry me….they would kill their mothers if the defense industry made a profit from it…
Abrams is a deeply scary & completely unapologetic motherfucker. An American working to bring people to healthcare facilities gets murdered by Contras “He deserved it for being there.” Just like those aid workers getting their heads lopped off by ISIS…Oh wait, that’s “different”.
I didn’t immediately recognize many listed in the link, if only because I’m trying to block the traumatic memories out. But I get the sense that Cruz is aiming to repeat the “successes” of the Bush2 Administration….but with added religious fervour! (Muslims might call it a “Jihad”.)
With this added information, it makes the Republican Party look even more insane. When given 30 options, about 75% of them wanted either Trump, or Cruz. This is insane even by 2012 Republican standards. Never mind the standards of a sane person.
If I were a Muslim, I’d be moving to someplace where the American Empire wouldn’t bomb…assuming there would even be such a thing after the election. All of Islam may have to pull an Anne Frank move. (For the record Mr NSA agent reading this: I don’t have an attic and I wouldn’t harbour anyone there, even if I did.)
I agree…it gets weirder by the day….I do not think there is such a place….we have shown we will bomb wherever we damn well please…..
Wow. Great (~sarc), he’s even more crazy than I thought. Thanks for posting this.
My pleasure and yes I think he is crazier than we originally thought….chuq