Posted on 05/14/2014 9:41:27 AM PDT by PoloSec
Ted Cruz is heading to Ukraine in order to assess the Russian threat on the ground there. He will meet with Ukrainian protest leaders while he is there as well as political, military, business and religious leaders. He will also visit other Eastern European countries and Israel while he is on the trip:
CBS DC – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas will visit Ukraine this month and meet with leaders of the protest movement that forced out the country’s pro-Russian president.
Frequently mentioned as a potential 2016 White House contender, Cruz also will visit other Eastern European countries and Israel on a trip that could be seen as an attempt to build his foreign policy credentials.
Cruz told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he’ll meet with political, military, business and religious leaders in each country but declined to provide details, citing security concerns. His office said the visit will include meetings with protest leaders in Ukraine, which has scheduled a May 25 presidential vote.
A Republican, Cruz is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. The trip is sponsored by Secure America Now, a conservative foreign policy group and Cruz will be the only lawmaker on the trip, his office said.
“Ukraine right now is facing an enormous threat from a resurgent Russia. (Russian President) Vladimir Putin has been quite naked about his desire to reconstitute as much as possible the old Soviet Union,” Cruz said. “I have a particular responsibility to assess firsthand the current and future military threats that could jeopardize our safety and the security of our allies.”
Cruz criticized the Obama administration as “tepid” in its response to the crisis in the Ukraine. He renewed his call for the U.S. to install anti-ballistic missile batteries in Poland and the Czech Republic as safeguards for Eastern Europe, and push for liquefied natural gas exports to reduce Ukraine’s dependence on Russia.
He also said the U.S. should help create a board to bolster the value of Ukraine currency.
Cruz - Palin 2016
That pro-Russian president was elected. His ouster was a coup.
Putin may be a nasty person but this area is Russia's back porch. What would we do if something like this took place in Mexico?
That eliminates him as far as i’m concerned, he’s on the wrong side!
Putin should respect a Texas man who wears black snake skin boots….
The looney left is going to try to compare Cruz to Right Sector and Svoboda (The Ukrainian equivalent to the Tea Party).
BTW Svoboda and Right Sector are NOT neo-nazi groups.
So then if a warrant is issued for that pro-Russian pressident's arrest after ~100 protesters are killed , and he leaves the country instead of facing the charges, after he signs off on early elections, that to you is a "coup"???
Putin may be a nasty person but this area is Russia's back porch.
Where I live, my "back porch" is on my property. Ukraine is a sovereign country and as such is not somebody else's back porch.
It will be interesting to see how many anti Cruz posters get their baseless emotional rants in on this thread
LOL.
Good man. A real and traditional conservative with real concern for the USA.
Cruz wears snake boots and Obama wears girly clothes. We all know who Putin will respect. =)
Looks like Cruz is running in 2016.
Dream ticket is Cruz-Palin. Palin may not want to run for either President or VP, but she will play a major role in the campaign if Cruz is the nominee.
Cruz will win in a landslide, even if he runs against Hillary.
Sigh
:)
Don’t compare America with Russia.
Well, at least he is doing something. He should meet with Putin as well. If he can hash this out and end the crisis—he will have my vote for the White House.
Oh Ted, say it isn’t so!
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