Why Ted Cruz is Wrong About Bombing ISIS Until "Sand Glows in the Dark"

Of all the Republican candidates for president, Senator Ted Cruz has taken one of the most hard-line stances against ISIS on the stage. When speaking on his plan to eradicate ISIS (which is also known as ISIL, or Daesh), Senator Cruz commented that: "We will carpet-bomb them into oblivion. I don't know if sand can glow in the dark, but we're going to find out!"

Texas Senator Ted Cruz

The problem with this line of thought is that ISIS frequently hides among the civilian population, and by "making the sand glow", we risk killing far more civilians than Islamic militants. 

Back in June of 2015, this phenomenon was documented by CNN when ISIS caliphate leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was reportedly hiding among civilians before his death by Iraqi bombing run (which still has yet to be confirmed.)

Current President Barack Obama has taken to using unmanned drones to kill ISIS operatives and destroy their caliphate. The issue with this is that these drone runs kill civilians 90% of the time. 

Imagine if a presidential candidate of a strong, foreign nation (think China, Russia, etc.) had a presidential candidate planning on bombing us until our perfectly-manicured grass turned purple, we would be scared too. 

Senator Cruz, if you are advocating the death of thousands, or maybe millions of Middle Easterners, you sincerely need to rethink your priorities. 

Why Congress Shouldn't Get Involved with Hillary Clinton

We've all seen the news headlines: "How Did 'Top Secret' Emails End Up on Hillary Clinton's Server", "Hillary Clinton's Ticking Time Bomb", and "Congress Preparing Investigation Into Clinton."What did Hillary Clinton do that made everyone want to tear her life apart?


She emailed.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

Yes, she used a private email server. Yes, that is illegal according to 18 USC §1924 which states: "Whoever, being an officer, employee, contractor, or consultant of the United States, and, by virtue of his office, employment, position, or contract, becomes possessed of documents or materials containing classified information of the United States, knowingly removes such documents or materials without authority and with the intent to retain such documents or materials at an unauthorized location shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both."


So how did she break the law?


Well, by using a personal email server to email what has now been revealed to contain several emails that have been classified as "Top Secret" since her time as Secretary of State, she violated this law.


However, when Congress gets involved in the process of prosecuting Clinton, it gets too political. Both sides call out in the news media, accusing each other of being partisan, especially with Clinton seeking the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.


Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has urged many of his Republican colleagues to defer to the FBI for the investigation, and he is 100% correct to do so.


It has become difficult for many people to distinguish between the investigation into the events of Benghazi and the part Clinton played in that, and her email scandal. Because her actions as Secretary of State caused the deaths of CIA contractors, she has been investigated by the Select Committee on Benghazi.


However, her emails fall under FBI investigation. When former Director of the CIA David Petraeus was caught passing on classified information to his lover via notebooks, his entire investigation was handled by the FBI. He was given his sentence, and the trial reached a much quicker conclusion than it would have if politics had been involved.


The Speaker is right, let the FBI do their jobs, and keep the politics out of criminal investigation.