Background
ISIS
-⅓ of Iraq and Syria including major cities
-Bring in 2 million a day on oil sale alone
-Generate money from extortion, kidnapping and other crimes
-Violent force imposed vision of traditional state
-Far more superior threat than Al Queda( richer and more modern)
Democratic
-Fight the terrorist group operating in Syria and Iraq, plan to put US forces in Syria.
-Initiate airstrikes
-Cut off ISIS’s funding
-Sanctions
Republican
-Provide stronger support to nonradicals in Syria.
-Put pressure on Iraq to make the right choices and take away ISIS territory
-It is also necessary to take the leadership off the battlefield and to identify them through intelligence and then either capture or kill them. --We also need a solution in Syria to take the territory away
Ukraine
-Ukraine backed out of establishing closer ties with the EU
-Instead 15 billion trade deal with Russia
-Violence and intimidation tactics against demonstrators
-Government restricted rights of citizens
-Russia failed to end crisis and then viewed Russian troops crossing lines into territory as an invasion (respond with force)
Democratic
-Raise sanctions on Russia.
-Detrimental effects on Russia’s financial, energy, and defense sectors.
-Decrease business-prevent purchase of military supplies
Republican
-Urge Obama to take action in order to prevent the situation from worsening
-Cause President Putin to feel threatened
-Punish for action against Ukraine
ISIS
-⅓ of Iraq and Syria including major cities
-Bring in 2 million a day on oil sale alone
-Generate money from extortion, kidnapping and other crimes
-Violent force imposed vision of traditional state
-Far more superior threat than Al Queda( richer and more modern)
Democratic
-Fight the terrorist group operating in Syria and Iraq, plan to put US forces in Syria.
-Initiate airstrikes
-Cut off ISIS’s funding
-Sanctions
Republican
-Provide stronger support to nonradicals in Syria.
-Put pressure on Iraq to make the right choices and take away ISIS territory
-It is also necessary to take the leadership off the battlefield and to identify them through intelligence and then either capture or kill them. --We also need a solution in Syria to take the territory away
Ukraine
-Ukraine backed out of establishing closer ties with the EU
-Instead 15 billion trade deal with Russia
-Violence and intimidation tactics against demonstrators
-Government restricted rights of citizens
-Russia failed to end crisis and then viewed Russian troops crossing lines into territory as an invasion (respond with force)
Democratic
-Raise sanctions on Russia.
-Detrimental effects on Russia’s financial, energy, and defense sectors.
-Decrease business-prevent purchase of military supplies
Republican
-Urge Obama to take action in order to prevent the situation from worsening
-Cause President Putin to feel threatened
-Punish for action against Ukraine