Ted Cruz Warns on Syria: U.S. Military Shouldn’t ‘Serve as Al-Qaeda’s Air Force’

Senator Ted Cruz said on BlazeTV today that while he credits President Obama for giving Congress a chance to vote on Syrian strikes, he’s still very much opposed to action, arguing that it would be a massive mistake to come to the aid of rebel forces with ties to al-Qaeda.

Joe Pags, filling in for Glenn Beck, told Cruz that Obama will likely steamroll Congress even if they vote no, noting it’s not really clear who the good and bad guys are in this fight. Cruz agrees, saying that any attempt to arm the rebels would be senseless because you “don’t give weapons to people who hate you.”

Cruz accused the president of pursuing action to “protect… his public relations,” in spite of the legitimate national security interests in Syria. Pags asked Cruz how the United States would have reacted if another nation jumped in the middle of its Civil War to help one side over the other. Cruz acknowledged the U.S. has no “dog in the fight,” which is why it would be a mistake for the United States military to “serve as al-Qaeda’s air force.”

Watch the video below, via BlazeTV:

[photo via screengrab]

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