We spend a lot of money on protecting other countries. And yet those other countries aren't paying nearly what it costs us for that protection. We're - they're getting one of the great bargains of all time...
We're spending on numerous countries - very substantial countries, you know the countries we're talking about - but we're defending them for a fraction of the cost.
We have to go to those countries and we have to ask them to make contributions that are greater than the contributions they're making right now. You know, we're going to protect them, we're going to remain loyal to them, but at the same time it's a two-way street. They have to help us also.
We will build our military forces to a level that will be, I believe, stronger than ever before if I become President of the United States...
We have a president [Barack Obama] that won't use the term radical Islamic terrorism, won't use it.
Had we kept the oil, you wouldn't have ISIS, because they fuel their growth with the oil.
I'm a big fan of General Douglas MacArthur and General George Patton.We have a few generals that have been so incredible to me. Now we have 200.
Why do we have to talk about it? Why? I never saw anything like this. Every time we're going to attack somebody we explain....
When President [Barack] Obama announced that he was leaving Iraq, I mean, he was talking about dates and times and what we're going to do.
I just want to say that we are going to hit ISIS hard, and I mean really hard, but I do think this.
We don't need to [know the date and hour and second that we're going to attack] - they just want to see victory.
We don't have victory. I mean, we're dropping our - we're dropping things all over the place. Who knows what they're hitting. Who knows how many people are being killed and who knows if they're the right people.
At some point, we have to stop a force that's going out and drowning people in steel cages and chopping off heads.
We're gonna stop them [ISIS], we're gonna stop them cold.
The one I saw over the weekend was Mosul and they're talking about attacking. The other problem is, you have a lot of the leaders in Mosul. Well, they're not gonna be there, they're getting out because they hear they're gonna be attacked, so they're getting out, they're going some place
Congressman, would you agree with this? If I'm a leader and I'm seeing and I'm watching what everybody else is watching and an attack on Mosul is imminent, I'm saying bye folks, have a good time I'm moving into a different city.
Can there be allowed - are we allowed to have any more in the military, General, the element of surprise? You know, I would think it would be a good thing. It's called an ancient strength and we don't use it anymore.
I don't pretend to be a general or an admiral or anything else, but I just - every time I see - I see President [Barack] Obama get up, "Ladies and gentleman, we are sending 50 people to Iraq," 50.So that's bad in two ways. Number one, it's such a low number that the enemy's saying is that all?And number two, when you think 50, those people now have a target on their back. They wanna find those 50 people and they look for those 50 people.
When Hillary Clinton says no boots on the ground, now, whether you want boots on the ground or not you shouldn't say it because you've just taken - so she said there will be no boots on the ground, she's very strong because politics, you know, it sounds a little bit better to say no boots on the ground.
By doing that [ saying no boots on the ground], she [Hillary Clinton] has empowered the enemy, she's empowered the enemy.
I'm not sure if [Hillary Clinton] means it or not. But she says no boots on the ground. She has taken a tremendous - I mean, that's really giving strength to the enemy.
You have to leave all your options open. And if you don't leave your options open, you're a fool.
Their days [of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton] - their days will be numbered very quickly.
The Veteran's Administration is a disaster, the V.A., it's a disaster.
We have to change that whole system [of veterans support]. It starts with management. We have to have a whole different set of protocols. And we have to get people off the lines.
