I think to a degree this happens when they [russians] spot a softness in us, which I think for a while they did. John Kasich More Quotes by John Kasich More Quotes From John Kasich Libya was a terrible mistake. You know, frankly, that's something that people ought to be thinking about in regard to Hillary [Clinton]. You know, they talk about Benghazi, which is very legitimate. Of course it is. But we should never have deposed [Muamar] Gaddafi. That was a terrible mistake. John Kasich mistake people thinking I served on the Armed Services Committee for 18 years and we must lead, or the job won't get done, unfortunately, for our country. John Kasich jobs country years Coalition [against ISIS] need the tools. And the tools involve encryption where we cannot hear what they're even planning. And when we see red flags, a father, a mother, a neighbor who says we have got a problem here, then we have to give law enforcement the ability to listen so they can disrupt these terrorist attacks before they occur. John Kasich isis mother father There are moderates in Syria who we should be supporting. John Kasich moderates syria should I just don't see anybody that's particularly interested in fixing that. John Kasich fixing At the end, the Saudis have agreed to put together a coalition inside of Syria to stabilize that country. John Kasich ends together country First and foremost, we need to go and destroy ISIS. And we need to do this with our Arab friends and our friends in Europe. John Kasich isis europe needs I said that we needed to have people on the ground, troops on the ground in a coalition similar to what we had in the first Gulf War. John Kasich troops war people The stuff that I propose are things that I'm ready to govern with. They're not tools to get elected. They are programs and plans to do when you get elected. John Kasich program tools stuff I opposed the U.S. involvement in Lebanon. We ended up having to withdraw our marines after our barracks were blown up. John Kasich involvement lebanon marine There is a difference between Iraq, where you have Sunni, Shia, and Kurds put together after the First World War by the Western powers. It doesn't work. It needs to break up into three parts. John Kasich iraq differences war We got to make sure that we have the incentives for people to rise and not put them in a position of where they go to work and they lose more than what they gain and they're like this system is terrible. John Kasich incentives gains people Look, we have a very lousy system for retraining workers that get disrupted. John Kasich workers looks A president of the United States, again, has to bring people together, have a position. We need to be able to penetrate these people when they are involved in these plots and these plans. And we have to give the local authorities the ability to penetrate to disrupt. That's what we need to do. John Kasich president giving people The people of Ohio are the people of America. The people of America are reflected in Ohio.Our message has to be big, and bold, and positive, and connect, not just with people's heads but also connect with their hearts. If we do it, we will beat Hillary Clinton, and we will run the White House, and we will strengthen and fix America. John Kasich ohio heart running The first thing we better get going is strengthening our economy, because if we don't have a strong economy, we can't pay for all of this. And the world wants us to be able to function from strength, believe it or not. John Kasich strong believe world I have never worshipped at the altar of free trade, but I've always been an advocate of free trade. John Kasich free-trade trade altars We think about our country and the big issues that we face in this country; creating jobs, making sure people can keep their jobs, the need for rising wages, whether our children when they graduate from college can find a job, protecting the homeland, destroying ISIS, rebuilding defense. These are all the things that we need to focus on but we'll never get there if we're divided. We'll never get there if republicans and democrats just fight with one another. John Kasich jobs country children I don't understand this thing about [Bashar] Assad. He has to go. Assad is aligned with Iran and Russia. The one thing we want to prevent is we want to prevent Iran being able to extend a Shia crescent all across the Middle East. Assad has got to go. John Kasich middle-east iran russia Let me just suggest to everybody, and I hear - last February [2015], I said we needed to have people on the ground in a coalition with Europe and our allies. This is not going to get done just by working with the Sunnis. And it is not going to get done if we just embed a few people. John Kasich allies europe people