[TheRealThing]

Well said, TRT. I also listened to Cruz's interview and as I recall, he hinted at something that I think should become a cornerstone of his campaign. He essentially said that he will use all legal means to crush the ISIS threat but we will not engage in nation building.

I believe that the first presidential candidate who clearly and repeatedly articulates what I hope will become the "Cruz Doctrine" will see an immediate and lasting bump in the polls. In a nutshell that policy would be:

"When countries support or tolerate terrorist operations, we will destroy whatever is necessary, including people and buildings, bridges, roads, railroads, and other infrastructure to secure United States sovereignty and the safety and freedom of our citizens. After eliminating the terrorist threat, the task of rebuilding your country (or not) will be your's and your's alone. Do not provoke us and do not give safe harbor to those who do."

I am sure that Cruz can state the policy more eloquently, but the time has come for this country to adopt a scorched earth policy towards Muslim terrorists. To me, this policy would be a perfect fit to a firm stand against illegal immigration and it is one that would enjoy bi-partisan support among voters. There would be howls from the "you broke it, you fix it" international lawyer types, but this country can no longer afford to continue rebuilding countries that provoke wars by allowing Muslim terrorists and religious scholars to wage war against the U.S. from their soil.

Countries like Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan will never be democracies as long as Muslims make up the majority of their populations, and it is time we quit pretending that they will. We also need to stop using so many expensive smart weapons when a large, cheap bomb will do more lasting damage. If enemies want to use hospitals and schools as anti-aircraft centers, then they can build new hospitals and schools by reducing their weapons budgets.

It is way past time for people in this country to understand that children raised by terrorist parents are the primary source of new terrorists. Hitting schools and hospitals in areas dominated by Muslim terrorists when those schools and hospitals are used to shield weapons should be considered fair game during times of war and we are at war with radical Islamists.

Reagan won the Cold War by making the war prohibitively expensive for the Soviets. Likewise, waging terrorism should be made very, very expensive and the way to do that is to blow up things that they hold dear and kill terrorists and their families.

Agreed. We also heard from Geraldo today. His daughter was in the stadium involved in the Paris attacks yesterday. He was already pulling in his liberal horns and we can bet if anything like that happens in the jewel of modern civilization, that being the US, we will see a return to Congressional thinking more along the lines of 2002.