promising to carpet bomb until the desert glows doesn t make you sound strong, it makes you sound like you re in over your head. bluster and bigotry are not credentials for becoming commander in chief, and it is hard to take seriously senators who talk tough but then hold up key national security nominations, including the top official at the treasury department responsible for disrupting terrorist financing. the target of that attack tonight from hillary clinton is obviously senator ted cruz he did say he wanted to carpet bomb iraq and syria until, quote, the sand glowed.
the target of that attack tonight from hillary clinton is obviously senator ted cruz he did say he wanted to carpet bomb syria until the sand glowed. he s also been a part of the holdup for the nomination of the treasury departments under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence. the nominee is a guy named adam zubin. we have been talking about it a lot recently. he is supposed to be the top person in the u.s. government 1234 charge of hunting doub financing for isis, cutting offer their money supplies which is a critical tool against them. president obama nominated him tore that job in april. there is no substantive objection to his nomination whatsoever. when adam zuban had his nomination in september. the committee said he was eminently qualified for that job. no republican senator says that isn t an important job. no republican senator says that guy isn t the right guy for the