US Republicans are calling the Paris attacks evidence of what they say is President Barack Obama’s weak strategy against the Islamic State group.
“We must now face the facts,” says Republican Senator Ted Cruz. “Between the downing of the Russian jet over Egypt and this massive coordinated attack on Paris, we are seeing an unmistakable escalation of ISIS ambitions.”
Jeb Bush says the Paris attacks reignite debate on intelligence and the role of the US National Security Agency.
“What is our counterintelligence capabilities? How do we identify attacks before they happen? What’s the balance between our own civil liberties and keeping us safe?,” he said in a radio interview. “We need to have another conversation about that because I think we have diminished our capabilities at the wrong time.”
Republican presidential candidate, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, responds to a question during a town hall at La Progresiva Presbyterian School, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Says Republican Senator John McCain: “This growing threat is a failure of US foreign policy and if the administration does not get more serious about combating it, our nation and our people will pay a grave price.”
Another Republican senator, White House hopeful Lindsey Graham, known to be a hawk who does not shy from military intervention, says: “President Obama has got to make a change in strategy” in Syria and Iraq.
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