Did you read the whole story? It’s not long. The headline writer made the headline as attention-grabbing as he could, which is what they do, but Rand Paul said he wanted to cut ALL foreign aid. He wants to be a friend to Israel, he said, but he wants to get our financial house back in order. In all fairness, he was just saying he wants to cut all foreign aid, which is bleeding us dry, and the interviewer said something like “What about Israel? Are you saying you’re in favor of cutting off aid to Israel?” Paul said he’s not focusing on them, simply focusing on our financial situation, which is dire.
Indeed — and I am all for cutting back on MOST foreign aid. But there are SOME nations we simply can’t afford NOT to send aid to. Israel is most certainly one of those very few nations — for a multitude of reasons. Just my take.
And that the press “trapped” Rand into making that kind of statement isn’t a surprise to me and shouldn’t have been a surprise to him. He knows by know what to expect from the MSM.