Forget news headlines featuring the childish squabbles of our current presidential candidates. How do they differ on important issues? What do we know, for example, about how a candidate might handle the next world crisis? The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) has listed on their website each U.S. presidential candidate’s views on the rest of the world.

Example: a few quotes on the Islamic State (ISIS):

Hilary Clinton: “Our strategy should have three main elements. One, defeat ISIS in Syria, Iraq, and across the Middle East. Two, disrupt and dismantle the growing terrorist infrastructure that facilitates the flow of fighters, financing, arms, and propaganda around the world. Three, harden our defenses and those of our allies against external and homegrown threats.”

Ted Cruz: Following the November 2015 attacks in Paris, Cruz said the United States should step up its fight against the Islamic State by supplying advanced weapons directly to Kurdish forces.

John Kasich, July 26, 2015: “We should have a coalition. We should be there, including boots on the ground. And we need to degrade and destroy ISIS.”

Bernie Sanders: At the Democratic presidential debate in October 2015, Sanders characterized the violence in Syria as “a quagmire in a quagmire,” and while he said he supports U.S. airstrikes in that country, he advised against an effort to establish a no-fly zone. “I will do everything that I can to make sure that the United States does not get involved in another quagmire like we did in Iraq, the worst foreign policy blunder in the history of this country.”

Donald Trump: After the November 2015 Paris attacks, Trump said he would intensify military attacks on the Islamic State and restrict the group’s ability to use the Internet as a recruiting tool.

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