“Paul believes it is more likely that “Iran, their militias and their proxies will attack the U.S.” following the death of Soleimani.”
You mean like they did on our embassy a few days ago?
Rand Paul is and always has been a c**t.
I am so thankful that most of the hand wringers in congress today that are spouting off this fear porn were not there when the Japanese hit Pearl Harbor. We all would be speaking either German or Japanese right now.
“It’s hard to imagine that the Iranians are going to shrink now....
We’ll see. The ranians are spread thin over there in Syria, Yemen, and Iraq. They spent all the billions 0 gave them. Their economy is on the ropes and the public is in open rebellion. If we were going to off this trash, now seems to have been a good time to do it.
A cyber attack against the US is rumored but I think we can defend that. Also it might give us a good pretext to take out their centrifuges.
Rand “The Pussy” Paul.
He talks big, but he never has any guts to support his country. I suspect if he were ever president that he would make Obama’s apology tour seem real short.
Sounds like good news. Diplomacy-in-the-Middle-East is just a nice way of saying "profits for the military-industrial complex into perpetuity."
Our President Trump is interested in solving problems for real.
In his defense, Senator Paul was suffering from severe menstrual cramps when he said that.
I don’t care if Iran speaks to us diplomatically ever again. They are lying scum and not worth the air they breathe. (leaders not people)
They only understand muzzles diplomacy and they just got to experience being on the receiving end.
No it’s not, Randster. Trump is engaging in “Gunboat Diplomacy.”
Diplomacy may be dead but so is Qassem Soleimani!
Libertarians can be Utopians, acting if just because everyone ought to have Liberty, that everyone does, even those living under the Mullahs of Tehran or under other forms of dictatorship, and thus they will not defend what is necessary to defending our own way of life infused as it is with our Liberty. So, when other’s attack us overseas, to them that has nothing to do with OUR Liberty. They are wrong.
Hey Rand, Do you remember when those peaceful Iranians seized our embassy in Tehran in 1979? Cut the crap. An assault on the American embassy, regardless of what country it is in, is an attack on the United States. And the US should respond with an astounding show of force. Don’t f*$% with the USA.
Discussion and diplomacy requires all parties acting in good faith. That seems to be lacking world wide, but particularly lacking in those who wish to kill us. Imagine that.
Scott Adams said something prescient today as usual.
What if this was a set up by the Iranians?
Think about it, it would to get rid of their radical head and the eventual get rid of the El-Quds types and Maybe the Mullahs go into retirement because if you are following Hesmat Alavi on twitter, how can you not see Iran is about to collapse. This clears the way for that Perestroika if you will. Tangent to this all the orgs that this guy had a hand in and Iran funded are the ones causing &h!t aka those at Israel's throat constantly. All these bad actors have less and less options IMHO.
I remain the optimist that a peace deal is coming between the PA and Israel, all that is need is for Iran to usher out the Mullah's, they have had enough, as well as so many others in the region are sick of them, we all our.
Come to think of it if PDJT cleans up this mess he'd be cleaning up the mess left On Isle 39 by Jimma Carter, now if he can do it before he kicks the bucket, that would be delicious, he'd have to see it and deal with it. Good....
All of the FReepers criticizing Rand Paul should remember that he’s a constitutionalist first and foremost. He also sounds a lot like a presidential candidate we knew in 2015 and 2016 ... a guy named Donald J. Trump.
Rand Paul has got this exactly backwards. Now that Iran knows that waging war behind proxies doesn’t work with this President, I think that it may be MORE likely to come to the negotiating table. Obama would give Iran bribes to be good and even when it wasn’t, he would still pay Iran. This President is going to hammer Iran if it misbehaves. Iran probably won’t rush to the negotiating table in order to save face but I think it will ultimately come there. Iran is going to realize that its options are limited.
If we decide to march on Tehran, that’s a declaration of war. If you have a mob trying to take your embassy, or some thug trying to kill your people, you just take care of business.
Diplomacy only actually works when both sides respect the terms agreed to. Iran is notorious for making the agreement, then violating it in almost the same breath.
This was just a good solid fetch upside the head with a white-elm club. Works for attitude adjustment on mules.