Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I te tau 2014, i tohe a Kaine ko te whakauru hoia a te US ki te Islamic State o Iraq me te Levant (ISIL) i mahia e Obama he ture kore-ture me te kore whakaaetanga hou a te kaunihera mo te whakamahi i te kaha hoia ki te ISIL. I te Whiringa-a-rangi 2014, i te Huihuinga Haumarutanga o te Ao o Halifax, Kaine me McCain i whakapā atu ki te hiahia o taua mana o te kaunihera, me te kii: "Kaore e taea e koe te whawhai me te kore o te Kaunihera. Kāore e taea e koe te tono i ngā tāngata kia whakararuraru i ō rātau oranga, kia whakamatea, kia kite i ētahi atu tāngata e whakamatea, e whara rānei mēnā kāore te Kaunihera i te pai ki te mahi i te mahi ki te whakatakoto i tō rātou tohu maihao ki tēnei mea, me te ki atu, he kaupapa ā-motu tēnei, ā, he mea tika". Whai muri i te tukinga o te rererangi rererangi a Shayrat i te Paenga-whāwhā 2017
i Hiria, i whakahaua e Trump, ka mea a Kaine, "Kahore he whakatikatika ture mo tenei. Kāore i tika kia mahia e ia i mua i tana taenga mai ki te Kaunihera". I runga i te "Meet the Press", ka mea a Kaine, "He tino kaitautoko ahau kia mahi te US ki te tiaki i nga take tangata, penei i te aukati i nga patu matū. Ko te mea e rerekē ana ahau i tēnei tari, ā, i mau ahau i te tūnga ōrite ki a Peresideni Obama, he iwi mātou e kore e tika kia whai mahi hōia, kia tīmata i te pakanga, ki te kore he mahere e whakaaturia ana, e whakaaetia ana e te Kaunihera".