Sen. Ted Cruz Discusses ISIS Strategy with ABC's "This Week"

president Obama said he wants to destroy defeat and degrade isis do you believe that he can do that and

and since then we've seen them takeover substantial portions of Iraq they're they're beginning to consolidate their power they

are persecuting their crucifying Christians there beheading children and as you know on the global stage they had beheaded two American journalists and

in my view the president ought to respond directly take isis out by

have declared hostile intentions they have murdered American citizen and they are in the process of consolidating power over a nation state where

are at this point we can disperse what we ought to have is a direct concerted overwhelming air camp take

them out in Iraq and Syria the focus should be Iraq but the real focus should be taking out isis %HESITATION

within Syria it should not the our objective try to resolve the civil war in Syria and and like

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