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brooklynite

(94,595 posts) Mon Nov 23, 2015, 12:52 AM Nov 2015

Marco Rubio vows US troops will inflict 'humiliating defeats' on Isis

Source: The Guardian

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio has vowed to use American forces to inflict “high-profile, humiliating defeats” on Islamic State jihadis, to show the world they are not invincible.

In an interview with the Guardian while he campaigned across Iowa this weekend, the Florida senator detailed a strategy to fight Isis that left no options off the table – including US ground troops to support a coalition led by Sunni nations.

In a wide-ranging examination of US foreign policy, he also:
- dismissed Donald Trump’s controversial plan to broadly target mosques and create Muslim registries as “not a serious proposal”
- accused Republican rivals Ted Cruz and Rand Paul of taking steps that would weaken American defense and intelligence-gathering capabilities
- signalled that he would not be able to work with Russia as a partner in attempting to resolve the chaos in Syria.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/22/marco-rubio-isis-strategy-us-troops-exclusive-interview

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Marco Rubio vows US troops will inflict 'humiliating defeats' on Isis (Original Post) brooklynite Nov 2015 OP

did he announce his flight plan to go there and uniform up get a gun and shoot people himself? nt msongs Nov 2015 #1

no, but he'll probably prance around in a flight suit after hibbing Nov 2015 #2

Remember the "surgical strikes" at the begining of Desert Storm? Stryst Nov 2015 #3

Trump says he will defeat ISIS and stop Islamic terrorism. keithbvadu2 Nov 2015 #4

Spoken like someone who doesn't know the first thing about war. Solly Mack Nov 2015 #5

Let the neverending wars continue! sakabatou Nov 2015 #6

So, he's planning to bomb Mexico? Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2015 #7

Another reason we should have more Dem debates. snot Nov 2015 #8

Remember -- Marco is the GOP's supposed foreign policy expert. n/t uawchild Nov 2015 #9

Really smart to amp up the rhetoric and make it about humiliation. (Sarc.). Nt JudyM Nov 2015 #10

msongs

(67,414 posts)

1. did he announce his flight plan to go there and uniform up get a gun and shoot people himself? nt

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Mon Nov 23, 2015, 01:03 AM

Nov 2015

hibbing

(10,098 posts)

2. no, but he'll probably prance around in a flight suit after

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Mon Nov 23, 2015, 01:13 AM

Nov 2015

Stryst

(714 posts)

3. Remember the "surgical strikes" at the begining of Desert Storm?

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Mon Nov 23, 2015, 01:48 AM

Nov 2015

The one's that were going to decapitate the enemy, but ended up just being an excuse to pound roads and infrastructure apart with 82,000 tons of bombs that were non-precision guided and only 7,000 tons of guided bombs*? But he want's to inflict "punishing" hits on ISIS, so I assume that he wants to turn Iraq/Iran/Syria/etc (you know, every Muslim nation, since he thinks all Muslims are terrorists) into nations without cities.

*http://deoxy.org/wc/wc-myth.htm

keithbvadu2

(36,828 posts)

4. Trump says he will defeat ISIS and stop Islamic terrorism.

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Mon Nov 23, 2015, 02:14 AM

Nov 2015

Trump says he will defeat ISIS and stop Islamic terrorism.

What other GOP candidates are willing to put their money where their mouth is?

Rubio only wants to win a few battles for the headlines.

Solly Mack

(90,771 posts)

5. Spoken like someone who doesn't know the first thing about war.

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Mon Nov 23, 2015, 02:16 AM

Nov 2015

Fuck him.

sakabatou

(42,155 posts)

6. Let the neverending wars continue!

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Mon Nov 23, 2015, 02:16 AM

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Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

7. So, he's planning to bomb Mexico?

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Mon Nov 23, 2015, 02:19 AM

Nov 2015

snot

(10,530 posts)

8. Another reason we should have more Dem debates.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Nov 23, 2015, 03:06 AM

Nov 2015

The fact that anyone takes this kind of claim seriously is highly alarming.

We NEED to shift the discussion back toward sanity; we can't do that while vacating the available public fora.

The longer we leave the field to Repubs, the harder it will be to take it back.

uawchild

(2,208 posts)

9. Remember -- Marco is the GOP's supposed foreign policy expert. n/t

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Mon Nov 23, 2015, 12:13 PM

Nov 2015

JudyM

(29,251 posts)

10. Really smart to amp up the rhetoric and make it about humiliation. (Sarc.). Nt

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Mon Nov 23, 2015, 06:34 PM

Nov 2015

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