Bush Calls For US Ground Forces To Fight Islamic State

“We are at war with radical Islamic terrorism”. “Their aim is our total destruction”, he said. “We need to lead a coalition to take out ISIS if we’re Syria about dealing with threats on our homeland”.

In his speech, he did not say how many more troops are needed, saying the scope of any increased US presence on the ground should be in line with what USA military generals recommend.

Sadly, Jeb Bush and the GOP are nothing but a collection of dark impulses.

But Friedman said Bush has given no details on how he would fund these priorities, the cost of which is impossible to estimate because of his lack of specifics.

In a Tuesday interview with Bloomberg Politics, Bush split from many in his party, saying there shouldn’t be a blanket ban against Syrian refugees resettling in the U.S.

In a Reuters/Ipsos poll of 1,483 USA adults conducted after the attacks, 63 percent said a Paris-style assault could happen near them, and 60 percent said more should be done to counter Islamic State.

Bush, the brother and son of presidents, has projected himself as a potential commander in chief able to handle such challenges.

“Every other candidate, maybe with the exception of [Ohio Gov.] John Kasich, is in the witness protection program, because they sense the anger and they’re anxious about it”, Bush said.

Bush described the Paris attacks that killed at least 129 and wounded hundreds more as “atrocities” and decried the “merciless killing of women, children and unarmed citizens whose only crime was living in freedom”.

Politically, Bush’s speech, on his second day of a swing through SC, came at a critical time for the candidate, who is mired in the single digits in early-state and national polls and seeking to rejuvenate his candidacy. The state-by-state primary contests begin in February. South Carolina’s own senior Sen. Lindsey Graham has been an aggressive advocate.

However, only one group should be allowed to enter the US, Bush argued. However, he hasn’t called for a larger scale mobilization.

The former Florida governor has tried for several months to blame ISIS’ rise on the current administration, namely President Obama’s decision to draw down troops from Iraq in a way Bush believes created a vacuum that terrorists have filled.

The war with the Islamic State in the wake of the Paris attack is quickly becoming a war of words between President Obama and Republican presidential candidates.

Speaking in a state with a heavy military presence, Bush chastised lawmakers on Capitol Hill for the “irrational” military spending cuts imposed by sequestration and vowed to reinvigorate the USA military.

And he also calls for doubling the U.S. Marine Corps’ battle-ready strength to 186,000. He’s also in favor of increasing the size of the Navy and boost Virginia class submarine production, according to his campaign. Bush did not specifically propose a way to pay for the buildup.

A clearly agitated President Barack Obama on Monday used the world stage to call out Republican presidential candidates for being counterproductive, “talking as if they’re tough” on ISIS and stoking fears about Muslim refugees from Syria.

But his proposals risk further tying him to the views of his brother, former President George W. Bush, who remains unpopular in many corners for his invasion of Iraq. “At the same time, we have to recognize there’s tragic victims of this conflict, there are women, and children, orphans of this war and I think we need to do our part, along with our allies, to provide them a safe haven”.

On Thursday in NY, Clinton will deliver an address outlining her strategy for defeating ISIS as well as her overall plan for fighting radical jihadism.