Ted Cruz on ISIS, and the split among GOP hawks **UPDATE on Trump**

[The Mikado]

Here's a ~3.5 minute discussion of this split on the right, discussed back in 2011:

http://bloggingheads.tv/videos/3105?in=13:03&out=16:38

Basically, the split is over whether there's hope for democracy promotion in the Muslim world.

The odds of democracy anytime soon in Syria outside of the Kurdish areas are pretty bleak.

'democracy' means stable US-backed dictatorship that allows for the expatriation of oil profits in exchange for weapons.  Islam Karimov is a great small-d democrat.

Since when was the USA backing Uzbekistan?  I'm under the impression that we cut military aid in 2004.