MESOP SHORT CUTS : US Presidential Hopeful Criticises Obama “For Not Arming Kurds Directly” / Ted Cruz has been a long time supporter of the Kurds

 Basnews – 15.06.2015 – OKLAHOMA – The Texas Senator and a candidate for the 2016 GOP presidential nominee Ted Cruz has criticized United States policies in Iraq and urged President Barack Obama to arm the Kurds directly. Cruz on Sunday said that the US doesn’t have clear strategies in Iraq to fight the Islamic State militants. “President Obama does not have a strategy to stop radical Islamic Terrorists. We need a president who stands up and says we will destroy ISIS. We are going to do everything it takes. We need to use over whelming air power’, said Senator Cruz. “We need to be arming the Kurds. The Kurds are on the ground. They are incredible fighters. They are allies of America. They are boots on the ground”, added the US politician. He also revealed that IS militants have US Military weapons, which they’ve seized from Iraq.“The Kurds weaponry is out classed and Obama refused to fund the Kurds to let them kill ISIS leaders”, says Cruz. Since the start of IS attacks on Kurds and the Kurdistan Region late last year, the Kurdish leadership has called on the US and EU countries to arm Peshmerga forces directly. www.mesop.de