New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie believes World War III has already started and Russia cannot be trusted.
In the aftermath of the fifth Republican presidential debate on Tuesday night in Las Vegas, Christie talked about his proposal for a no-fly zone in Syria and said it would mean shooting down Russian planes if necessary. He told CBS’s Charlie Rose Wednesdsay morning that it’s a mistake to assume Russia is helping the U.S. fight the Islamic State.
“You’re assuming that Russia is our ally in the fight against ISIS and I don’t believe that that’s the case,” Christie said.
“I think the secretary of state feels that way,” Rose interjected, referring to John Kerry.
“Well, listen, that makes it absolutely certain that I’m right if the secretary of state thinks that,” Christie said. “The fact is Russia’s been stealing our lunch money the entire time from the Obama administration from Hillary Clinton’s reset button to going into Crimea and Ukraine and the activities their doing in Syria to prop up their puppet Assad. ISIS is simply not being attacked by Russia. Russia is in Syria along with Russia to prop up Assad.”
Rose asked how Christie planned to take out Syrian President Bashar Assad without Russia, which rankled the New Jersey governor.
“Listen Charlie, I know that you’re obsessed with Russia this morning and I’m just simply not. I don’t think Russia has earned the right—,” Christie said.
“Governor, you’re the one talking about shooting down their planes,” Rose interrupted.
“Charlie, you asked about a no-fly zone and that’s the definition of a no-fly zone,” Christie said. “If that offends folks in the U.N. crowd, I’m sorry but America needs to assert itself again.”
Christie ranks fifth in the Washington Examiner‘s newest GOP presidential power rankings.
