Posted on 06/18/2025 9:16:05 PM PDT by RandFan
@RandPaul
Let me be totally clear: I will not vote to send one American soldier to Iran. Not one.
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Who does Rand appeal too? Not seeing how he has a chance.
Rand getting himself in the news results in contribution boost from all over the country.
Do you think Rand will look sensible when Iran attacks the US again?
How many times has Iran, or its sponsored groups, attack the US this year ONLY?
Do not applaud his rhetoric without understanding the answer to the aforementioned questions. I am not for war, and I am tired of US soldiers being sent to wars. I have grown weary of ‘special interests’ getting Americans killed. I am not an idiot though, and people have to understand what is going on before you latch on to people don’t have the United States or its Citizens as their top priority. Since 1979 Iran has been in a self declared war against the United States. They absolutely have murdered US service people in other nations. They have sponsored uncountable terrorist attacks throughout the world.
Please research the above, start with Lebanon in the 1980’s and the peacekeeping marines sent there. Move on to the truck bombs, and even the design of fuel fertilizer bombs in South America in the 1990’s done by the Iranians. Then, to the same design used at Oklahoma City. They attacked Americans in Iraq, Afghanistan, and many other nations unprovoked. They arranged bombing of civilians, families, in many nations. They are the problem behind Hezbolla and Hamas. Sticking your head in the sand while your enemy declares war on you isn’t the answer. Smart people don’t want wars, stupid people ignore the obvious. Iran declared war on the US officially many times, and continues to attack Americans. .
This is one time that I feel confident in saying this problem is best dealt with now, not later. I am willing to listen to why others believe that this problem should continue to fester, or why the United States doest have a right to defend itself when another nation declares war and attacks.
Remind me again what the point of having a military if it can’t protect Americans when a nation declares war on us? Should Trump go through Congress? Yes, in my opinion he should. He should force EVERYONE of them to have a vote on record when Iran attacks and kills Americans again. Including Rand Paul. When it comes to Iran, there absolutely will be a next time, and eventually a nuke in some place like Los Angeles or New York.
Finally, it’s not about Zionists, or the Jews. Iran (Persians as they liked to be called) attacks Israel because of its relationship with the US and the west. It’s happy to fight the US via Israel, until every Arab is dead. People always want peace in the Middle East, but nobody wants to confront the absolute fact that Iran is the biggest obstacle to obtaining that goal. Yes, put the political parties and individuals up for a recorded vote in Congress. When the next Iranian sponsored attack happens let’s be ready to point fingers.
“Only the US can take out that mountain facility”
“No, I think you are wrong - like most of the msm. Read the following essay and the links provided by Dr North. The Israelis may well have the possibility to take out the Fordow facility by themselves”
Summary of link.
GBU-72 Advanced 5K Penetrator. Delivery system F-15 amongst others. Israel can do all the dirty work. Multiple drops on top of each other, but conceivable.
What a drama queen. Trump is not sending ANY troops to fight Iran. It’s like virtue signaling for the “woke right.” Just like Masshole, all Rand ever does is cause problems for our President.
Rand plays the role of Republican terrorist quite well. Imo
Of course he’s running for president. He’s already been to Iowa. He knows he won’t get but a few percent votes but he gets to keep any money from it. Meantime he knocks Trump everyday, gets his mug on every tv channel he can and shoots his mouth off constantly. Harm America. Harm Republicans. How do they live with themselves?
What about the PEOPLE of Iran, where are they? Cant they get a little regime change going with the start Isreal is giving them?
Again, Rand is shooting his mouth off for the cameras.
He talks nonsense too.
But I’m with him on this.
When the Fed announced that it was not dropping interest rates yesterday, Trump should have turned our carrier groups around to show everyone that we can’t afford to fund a war or war games with high interest rates. Then he could have watched the Deep State expose themselves for the next several days by them demanding war regardless of the cost or see the Fed drop rates because they are part of Deep State, not the federal government.
Thankfully, he’ll never make it out of the primary.
Hell yes. Not one boot on the ground. I did 24 years in the army including a waste of 2 years in Iraq. Had friends get killed for that waste of desert filth.
There’s a reason we spend millions on cruise missiles. Let’s use them.
I agree with Rand too! We don’t need to send them to Iran. We need to keep them in Lost Angeles, Massatwoshetts and the Lost Northwest. Oregone and Washington and all along our southern and northern borders. We won the Stanley Cup again. No reason to fear the Canadians.
There’s a reason we spend millions on cruise missiles. Let’s use them.
Rand is an isolationist, and also opposes using our missiles on Iran.
I used to detest Obama making up ridiculous straw man arguments, and now Rand Paul is making them also.
Rand should be honest and debate why it would be wrong of the US to use military force to destroy Iran's nuclear program, a country whose parliament regularly chants "Death to America".
Crazy Rand is crazy like his dad - both would rather see NYC and Chicago nuked by an Iranian nuclear weapon, than send one US troop to fight in Iran.
At some point in time, there will be no Pauls in US government, and every one can breathe a sigh of relief ...
What if Iran nuked Israel? Then would he?
What if they nuked a US city? Then would he?
Two words that one should e careful with - “Never” and “always”.
Really? We’re sending soldiers on the ground to Iran after they nuke us?!?
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