ISIS AND AL QAEDA REALLY AN OPEN DOOR TO RECONSTITUTE THEMSELVES
AND POSE ONCE AGAIN A GREATER
THREAT.
THREAT. >> WHAT WOULD YOUR POLICY IN THE
MIDDLE EAST BE, HOW MANY TROOPS
WOULD YOU LEAVE, IF AT ALL, AND
HOW WOULD YOU DEAL WITH AN
ESCALATING CRISIS WITH IRAN,
TENSIONS ARE ESCALATING.
>> YEAH, TENSIONS ARE
DANGEROUSLY ESCALATING.
DANGEROUSLY ESCALATING. GIVEN THE SITUATION OF WHERE WE
ARE TODAY, I WOULD REMOVE OUR
TROOPS FROM IRAQ AND SYRIA
BECAUSE OF WHAT I MENTIONED.
THEY HAVE NO CLEAR ACHIEVABLE
MISSION THEY’RE THERE TO
ACCOMPLISH THAT SERVES OUR
NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS AND
NUMBER TWO THE LONGER THEY ARE
THERE, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS
THAT THEY ARE AT RISK AND WE
FIND OURSELVES IN THIS QUAGMIRE
OF A WAR WITH IRAN THAT NOBODY
REALLY KNOWS WHAT THEY’RE TRYING
TO DO.
TO DO. WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN NOW, AND IF
I WERE PRESIDENT TODAY, I WOULD
WORK TO DE-ESCALATE TENSIONS,
GET THE UNITED STATES AND IRAN
BACK INTO THE IRAN NUCLEAR
AGREEMENT TO PREVENT THEM FROM
CONTINUING TO ENRICH URANIUM AND
DEVELOP THEIR NUCLEAR WEAPONS
CAPABILITY, REMOVE THESE
CRIPPLING SANCTIONS THAT ARE
REALLY A MODERN DAY SIEGE, A
TACTIC OF WAR AND WORK TOWARDS
ACTUALLY WORKING OUT THE
DIFFERENCES WE HAVE WITH IRAN ON
A PARALLEL TRACK.
THE ISSUES BROUGHT UP WITH
REGARDS TO THE EXPIRATION DATE
ON THE NUCLEAR DEAL.
THEIR MISSILE CAPABILITY AND
OTHER ISSUES.
OTHER ISSUES. WE HAVE GOT TO CHOOSE DIPLOMACY
AND PREVENT AN ESCALATION OF
THIS WAR.
THIS WAR. >> LET ME ASK YOU THIS, IF WE
DID PULL OUR TROOPS OUT AND WE
PULLED OUR TROOPS OUT OF IRAQ AN
THAT LEFT A VACUUM FOR ISIS TO
RECONSTITUTE, AND WHAT DO YOU
SAY TO THOSE WHO SAY PULLING OUT
IS GOING TO ALLOW ANOTHER TERROR
ORGANIZATION TO FILL THAT VOID?
>> OUR TROOPS ARE THERE NOW.
THIS ADMINISTRATION IS DEPLOYING
MORE AND MORE, THOUSANDS MORE OF
OUR TROOPS TO THE REGION AND
SPECIFICALLY TO IRAQ AND THOSE
ACTIONS ARE STRENGTHENING ISIS
AND AL QAEDA AND UNNECESSARILY
PUTTING OUR TROOPS IN HARM’S WAY
AND THEY’RE NOT GOING THERE TO
PREVENT THIS RESURGENCE OF ISIS
AND AL QAEDA.
THAT’S THE REAL NATIONAL
SECURITY THREAT THAT WE HAVE.
THAT’S WHY I’M SAYING WE SHOULD
PULL OUR TROOPS OUT OF IRAQ AND
SYRIA.
SYRIA. IF THERE IS A GROWING THREAT, WE
CAN HAVE TROOPS GO IN AND
FULFILL THAT VERY SPECIFIC
ACHIEVABLE MISSION OF DEFEATING
THAT THREAT AND GETTING BACK
OUT, BUT THE CURRENT EXISTING
POLICY OF THE ADMINISTRATION IS
ESSENTIALLY HOLDING OUR TROOPS
HOSTAGE WITH THE POLICY THAT IS
STRENGTHENING ISIS AND AL QAEDA
AND IT IS STRENGTHENING IRAN’S
THREATS AND CAPABILITIES.
>> ONE MORE QUESTION WHAT IS
YOUR RED LINE, WHEN SHOULD THE
U.S. GET INVOLVED?
>> LOOK, IF THERE IS A DIRECT
IMMINENT AND DIRECT THREAT
AGAINST AMERICAN FORCES, AND
AMERICAN INTERESTS, THEN THAT IS
WHERE THE ASSESSMENT OF
INTELLIGENCE AND THAT DECISION
HAS TO BE MADE.
BUT HERE’S THE ISSUE WITH THAT
IS -- AND WHY I’M SO HESITANT TO
TALK ABOUT RED LINES IS THE
CONSTITUTION HAS TO BE
RESPECTED.
RESPECTED. AND WE HAVE BEEN HEARING THIS
THING ABOUT IMMINENT ATTACK,
IMMINENT ATTACK, WELL, THIS
ADMINISTRATION HAS COMPLETELY
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