Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 2014, Kaine akataura kuti kupindira kwemauto eU.S. kurwisa Islamic State yeIraq neLevant (ISIL) yakaitwa naObama yakanga isiri yepamutemo pasina mvumo itsva yekongiresi yekushandiswa kwesimba remauto kurwisa ISIL. Muna November 2014, paHalifax International Security Forum, Kaine naMcCain vakasimbisa kukosha kwekodzero yakadaro yekongiresi, vachiti: "Iwe haugoni kuva nehondo pasina Congress. Haugoni kukumbira vanhu kuti vaise upenyu hwavo mungozi, vazvipinze mungozi yokuurawa, yokuona vamwe vanhu vachiurawa kana kukuvadzwa kana Congress isingadi kuita basa rokuisa chigunwe chayo pairi ndokuti, iri ibasa renyika uye rakakodzera". Pashure paApril
2017 Shayrat missile strike muSyria, yakarairwa naTrump, Kaine akati, "Hapana chikonzero chepamutemo cheizvi. Haana kufanira kuita ikoku pasina kuuya kuCongress". Mu"Meet the Press", Kaine akati, "Ndiri mutsigiri akasimba wokuti U.S. inofanira kuita chiito chokudzivirira zvinangwa zvevanhu, zvakadai sokurambidza zvombo zvemakemikoro. Apo ndinosiyana nehurumende ino, uye ndakatora chimiro chimwe chetecho pamusoro paMutungamiri Obama, tiri rudzi rusingafaniri kutora chiito chemauto, kutanga hondo, pasina hurongwa hunoiswa kuCongress uye hunobvumirwa nahwo".