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Policy from both parties. he's called islam itself, not radical versionsings a threat. in tweets such as this from the campaign, "fear of muslims is rationa rational," he wrote. in public speeches even calling islam a cancer. >> islam is a political ideology. it is a political ideology. it hides behind this notion of it being a religion. >> reporter: more broadly he supports a significant reversal of which states the u.s. views as threats. he's identified longtime ally saudi arabia as a danger. while russia, who the u.s. blames for invading ukraine, atrocities in syria, and meddling in the u.s...

He has identified longtime ally saudi arabia as a danger, while growing u.s. adversary russia, who the u.s. blames for invading ukraine, atrocities in syria and meddling in the u.s. election. as, at worst, an exaggerated threat, at best, a potential friend. this is a view that contradicts the u.s. intelligence community and senior defense officials from both parties. he has also unsettled u.s. allies, by arguing that military commitments to nato and other treaty allies should be conditional. >> i've been called an angry general. i'll tell you what, i'm -- you know what? i'm not angry. what i a...

Radical versions of it, a threat. in tweets such as this one during the campaign, fear of muslims is rational, he wrote. and in public speeches, even calling islam a cancer. >> islam is a political ideology. it is a political ideology. it definitely hides behind this notion of it being a religion. >> reporter: more broadly, he supports a significant reversal of which states the u.s. views as threats. he has identified long-time ally saudi arabia as a danger, while growing u.s. adversary russia, who the u.s. blames for invading ukraine, atrocities in syria as an exaggerated threat, at best a po...

To seem, this message of non-interventionism. people don't want to hear it. republicans don't want to hear it it even if the general public does. >> let me say this. i think this is an interesting point. ted cruz actually has tried to kind of kav out this path in which he sort of rhetorically as bellicose and militant and rabid as you can get but substantively doesn't seem to want to do a lot of military commitments, which actually seems to be in an odd way the perfect sweet spot for the republican primary voter. >> well, it's sort of what donald trump has said at times too. he sounds a little...

I think this is an interesting point. ted cruz actually has tried to kind of carve out this path in which he sort of rhetorically as bellicose and militant and rabid as you can get but substantively doesn't seem to want to do a lot of military commitments, which actually seems to be in an odd way the perfect sweet spot for the republican primary voter. >> well, it's sort of what donald trump has said at times too. he sounds a little like rand paul frankly. he sounds like a non-interventionist. he never really says he's going to put boots on the ground but he's going to bomb the hell out of isi...