Posted on 05/27/2015 7:45:51 AM PDT by GIdget2004
Rand Paul says the Islamic State exists and increased in strength because of the hawkish wing of the Republican Party that provided weapons to the region “indiscriminately.”
The Kentucky senator and Republican presidential candidate blasted members of his own party like South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham for arguing that the terrorist group exists because of people like him.
“I would say it’s exactly the opposite. ISIS exists and grew stronger because of the hawks in our party who gave arms indiscriminately, and most of those arms were snatched up by ISIS. These hawks also wanted to bomb Assad, which would have made ISIS’ job even easier. They’ve created these people,” Paul said in an interview with MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough that aired Wednesday on “Morning Joe.” Story Continued Below
Paul said the group is “all over Libya” because the “same hawks in my party loved — they loved Hillary Clinton’s war” in the country.
“They just wanted more of it, but Libya’s a failed state and it’s a disaster. Iraq really is a failed state or a vassal state now, of Iran,” he said. “So everything that they’ve talked about in foreign policy, they’ve been wrong about for 20 years, and yet they have somehow the gall to keep saying and pointing fingers otherwise.”
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Sure... same as the liberal mentality...
if only we wouldn’t oppose criminals, Muslims, or others that seek to dominate and harm us,
they wouldn’t seek to dominate and harm us.
As if I didn’t already dislike him.
Unreliable or confused about defense/foreign relations. We tried very hard to warm to young Paul but just couldn’t, sorry but we just can’t trust him the way he talks about these things. He is bright and likes me, IMHO Not our choice because we really need someone clear and reliable to try to repair all the damage Obama’s regime has inflicted on us and our foreign relations these past six years. Maybe another time
Right about McCain.
He’s right about McCain McCain might have screwed things up at least half as bad as Obama has.
There seem to be two parts to his statement.
The first is that guy’s like McCain and Graham who blindly followed (if not tried to actively push) Obama’s policy to arm any group trying to overthrow Assad are responsible for that portion of those groups that turned into ISIS.
He’s dead-on accurate with that. ISIS grew directly out of the “overthrow Assad at all costs) policy. Which was post-Bush and owned by Obama, McCain, Graham, etc.
The second part, tying it out historically, is the flawed portion. If he’d just stuck with the first part we’d all be singing his praises (even if not voting for him)
Islamic extremism/terrorism started at the moment GW Bush was inaugurated in Jan 2001...right Paulhroids?
I lean Libertarian, but I do tire of listening to Libertarians blame the US, reflexively, for everything under the sun. It’s what turned me off to Ron Paul and if Rand intends to win he needs to be careful about that kind of statement.
Empty suit leadership...we already have that.
Cruz looks very good on a wide range of issues.
A very wider range indeed. He had a moral compass and pays close attention to it
Hereditary arrogance for sure. I am sure Paul's intention was to go after McCains of the party who have been wrong on US intervention as of late. FREEPERS agree with Paul on this. However, blaming all the world's ills on US intervention is a tire argument Liberals, Libertarians and the Pauls too often make.
RON Paul came across as arrogant when expressing his view of the founding fathers non interventionist principle- he was correct and all others are war mongers. Then used the chicken hawk term for people who favored military intervention but did not serve (like he did of course). Unfortunately since Rand has not served he can't pull the service card to account for his arrogance.
That’s Obama’s strategy.
“RINO hawk” is an oxymoron.
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