Ted Cruz Shuts Down Martha Raddatz’s Cheap Gotcha on
North Korea
by John Nolte 6 Feb 2016
During Saturday night’s ABC News
debate, co-moderator Martha Raddatz, a personal friend of Barack Obama’s, asked Sen. Ted Cruz
(R-TX) 97% an incredibly dumb gotcha question premised on the idea
that Cruz is some kind of war-monger, but only when he wants to be. Cruz was
first to speak about the news that, in violation of a treaty, North Korea fired
a long-range rocket Saturday.
Cruz gave an impressive and detailed answer about the
North Korean threat that included legitimate criticism of President Clinton’s
mishandling of his failed nuclear deal. Raddatz then attacked:
RADDATZ: If you were commander-in-chief tonight, would
you have ordered the U.S. military to destroy that missile pre-emptively on the
launch pad to prevent North Korea from
becoming an even graver threat?”
CRUZ: At this point, I’m not going to speculate on that
without the intelligence briefing that any commander-in-chief would have
knowing what exactly is there.
One of the real problems–
Barack Obama’s personal friend then interrupted…
RADDATZ: Senator Cruz you have talked tough about this,
you have talked tough about the Mideast — you haven’t gotten intelligence
briefings about that. Why not tell us if you would pre-emptively strike a
missile on a lunch pad that threatened the U.S.?
At this point, Cruz shut Raddatz down:
CRUZ: With due respect, I have gotten intelligence
briefings on the Mideast. Those have been going on for many years. I haven’t
gotten the intelligence briefings tonight on what North Korea is doing because
I’m here in New Hampshire. And when you are responding to an immediate
incident, you need to know the intelligence of what’s occurring.
North Korea
Kim Jong Un is the
leader of North Korea, and met with Dennis Rodman in 2013.
Note: Dennis Rodman met with Kim Jong Un in 2013, and was a player
for the Chicago Bulls.
Henry
Crown and Company is an investor in the Chicago Bulls.
James S.
Crown is the president of Henry
Crown and Company, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a
trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Lester Crown
is the chairman of Henry Crown and
Company, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a
lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute
(think tank), and a grantor, for 2010-2011 health project with the ABC News.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think
tank), and the NPR.
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and a
benefactor for the NPR.
Julius
Genachowski is a senior fellow at the Aspen Institute (think tank),
was Barack Obama’s law school friend,
and married to Martha Raddatz.
Martha Raddatz was
married to Julius Genachowski, Barack Obama attended her 2001 wedding,
is married to Tom Gjelten, and a correspondent
for the ABC News.
Tom Gjelten is
married to Martha Raddatz, and a correspondent
for the NPR.
Cokie Roberts is a
contributor for the NPR, and a political
commentator for the ABC News.
Anne Garrels was
a foreign correspondent for the NPR,
and a correspondent for the ABC News.
Robert Zelnick was
the national bureau chief for the NPR,
and a news director for the ABC News.
Mellody L. Hobson
is a contributor for the ABC News,
and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
James S.
Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, a trustee at
the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the president of Henry Crown and Company.
Lester Crown
was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), is a member
of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the chairman of Henry Crown and Company.
Henry
Crown and Company is an investor in the Chicago Bulls.
Dennis Rodman was
a player for the Chicago Bulls, and met
with Kim Jong Un in 2013.
Kim Jong Un met
with Dennis Rodman in 2013, and is
the leader of North Korea.
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