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I think Rand Paul sometimes comes down on the right side of issues but he squanders his standing & influence when he doesn’t check facts and comes out strong, as do any of us. It causes me to question his commitment since without constant fact checking we are just parroting positions.

I am certainly not interested in wars based on economic interests. Wars are for defense of America & it’s allies when diplomatic channels have failed or in case of direct attack. Sometimes we get involved in humanitarian conflicts which is less clear cut. I am not convinced President Trump is involved with the “bad guys”. Remember he likes to hear divergent points of view from honest and forthright persons. That helps him to clarify the situation.

President Trump’s foreign policy has been marked by a step back from trying to force other Nations to live by our ideas of how they should live. So I think that although POTUS is using America’s strength to negotiate favorable trade agreements he is not promoting Global dominance.

There are actions going on that he wouldn’t have started but unlike Obama he will exit them strategically by stages and leave the populace trained and equip so that the lives, time and efforts of Americans were not wasted.

Rand Paul, my senator, missed on this one. She is not the culprit. Even if she did enjoy the interrogation in this case I wouldn't fault her. Prior to congress making any anti-torture laws we followed the Geneva Convention which says the same thing but only applies to the signatories of the Convention. The terrorists are not signatories and therefore are liable to be tortured legally.

Why we care about how we treat people who burn other people alive, throw people off buildings, saw off their heads or any other method of taking lives is beyond me. If it were up to me I would televise the ripping of them from limb to limb until they stop breathing. The scum of the earth have no treaties with anyone. They just need to be killed.