Rick Perry in The New York Daily News


On Foreign Policy: Our allies doubt us and our adversaries test us

Rick Perry's speech at CPAC focused mostly on foreign policy issues. Perry showed off some newly-found foreign policy chops in a plainspoken speech at CPAC, emphasizing pressing national security issues like ISIS, Iran's nuclear program and the nation's relationship with Israel: "At no time in the last 25 years has the future been more uncertain and the world been more dangerous than it is today," Perry said, slamming President Obama's response to ISIS and Russia as "naive, dangerous and misguided."

"Here's the simple truth about our foreign policy: Our allies doubt us and our adversaries are all too willing to test us," he said.

Perry, however, devoted the crux of his appearance to bashing Obama, whose years in office he compared to some of the worst catastrophes to befall the country in recent generations. "This country's been through a lot. We went through a civil war; two world wars; we will survive the Obama years too," he said.

Source: N.Y. Daily News on 2015 Conservative Political Action Conf. Feb 27, 2015

On War & Peace: ISIS is the biggest threat since communism

Perry slammed President Obama's response to ISIS and Russia as "naive, dangerous and misguided." "ISIS presents the biggest threat to national security since communism," he added. "We didn't start this war, nor did we choose it, but we will have the will to finish it."

In a focused 15-minute speech, Perry also took aim at the White House's ongoing negotiations with Iran over the development of its nuclear program and reiterated his support for the state of Israel.

"These are Americans," Perry said. "You are talking about, in the case of ISIS, people who are beheading individuals and committing heinous crimes, who are the face of evil. To try to make the relationship between them and the unions is inappropriate."

Source: N.Y. Daily News on 2015 Conservative Political Action Conf. Feb 27, 2015

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