because “a lot of Americans are war-weary and we are broke” and Paul has reached that constituency well.
Being war weary is one thing. Being ignorant of the fact that Iran and the islamofacists will not stop trying to destroy America or not caring because “war is not the answer” is another thing..
People in other countries may want to do a lot of things but that does not require that the USA drain it's blood, wealth and future to suppress every mean regime in the world. Mao wanted nuclear world war to bring about the socialist future and openly spoke of China's ability to absorb many millions of casualties, talk far more chilling than anything ever heard from Iran, yet the USA never saw the need to go to war to stop him and his regime from developing a nuclear bomb.
Iran can’t destroy the US. If anything, they are stronger because of Bush attacking their mortal enemy in 2003. Paul’s a crackpot, but the GOP is doing a grave disservice to the country with this constant warmongering.