WSJ: Cruz’s terror plan just as bad as Obama’s

Published December 18, 2015 5:01am ET



The Wall Street Journal says Sen. Marco Rubio is the best pick when it comes to national security, and is comparing his rival, Sen. Ted Cruz, to President Obama when it comes to defeating terrorism.

The conservative paper’s editorial board praised Rubio this week for supporting a supposedly nuanced approach to defeating the Islamic State, one that calls for faction-building in the Middle East. The board then dismissed Cruz’s approach, saying that his bomb-them-all strategy is as just as unworkable as the White House’s current plan.

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