Ben Carson Calls For Canada Border Troops, Declaration Of War On ISIS: ‘Seven Steps To A Safer America’
From the archive: published Dec 15, 2015, 10 years ago. Details may have changed since.
CNN hosted its 5th Republican presidential nomination debate this evening in Las Vegas, Nevada. Going into the debate, According to Real Clear Politics, Donald Trump continued to lead polls, while Dr. Ben Carson has fallen away. Trump currently holds 33 percent of voter favor, Ted Cruz holds 16.1 percent, Marco Rubio has 12.6 percent, and Ben Carson has 12.0 percent.
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As might be expected, Donald Trump lead Internet searches during this evening’s GOP debate, according to Google Trends. Carson, Rubio, Bush, and Cruz all commanded a comparable amount of search traffic as well.
On social media, comments were made with regard to Ben Carson sticking to talking points he had recently committed himself to. At the beginning of his opening statement at the GOP debate, Carson asked those gathered to mark a moment of silence for the San Bernardino victims and then launched into selling his seven step plan.
Carson described the United States as being a patient in “critical condition” that can not be cured by political correctness or timidity. He stated that he specifically wants U.S. Congress to “declare war” on ISIS.
Earlier today, perhaps in response to his declining poll standings, Ben Caron released a statement outlining “Seven Steps to a Safer America,” which include a formal declaration of war on ISIS and amassing troops along the borders of the United States with Mexico and Canada. The goal of the plan is to “defeat the Islamic state and protect the U.S. homeland.”
Today, I released my plan to defeat #ISIS & protect the homeland. Read my "Seven Steps to a Safer America" here: https://t.co/ey4UfHSvOe
— Ben & Candy Carson (@RealBenCarson) December 15, 2015
“Our country faces grave national security threats. We must act boldly and decisively to protect American citizens from terrorists at home and abroad,” the release issued by Carson states.
Ben Carson says that America must not “dawdle” while ISIS continues to perpetuate terrorist attacks, engage in human trafficking, oppress innocent civilians, and cast judgements based on religion, as is the case with Syrian Christians.
The first step of Carson’s plan calls for U.S. Congress to act and officially declare war against ISIS.
The second step is the United States leading an international coalition of countries against ISIS in the Middle East, including nations “such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan,” as well as providing “substantial advisory, financial and military support” for such an endeavor.
The fourth step in Carson’s plan to protect America includes supporting operations of Christian, Kurdish, and Sunni forces located in the northeastern part of Syria, the free al-Hasakah Province. Together with Arab allies the United States should “deploy its military resources” to establish a safe area that refugees can be directed to, and put under “international protection.”
Carson’s fifth step is to mandate a maximum six-month visa for visitors to the United States. This would include a regular three-month visa, which would include mandatory reviews before expiring, when it may be renewed once, for three months. Carson called on U.S. Congress to establish a “war-time emergency visa and immigration policy,” as well as appointing a special task force to review all existing immigration and visa legislation.
Ben Carson’s seventh step calls on the U.S State Department to designate the Muslim Brotherhood and other groups connected to radical Islam as terrorist organizations. Further, Carson called for an investigation into the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
I want to like Ben Carson but he has to show strength and his real weakness is in the face of war he semi dodges that question
— DeAngelo Williams (@DeAngeloRB) December 16, 2015