Posted on 09/16/2019 6:11:42 AM PDT by Enlightened1
President says he’s ‘locked and loaded’ to attack Iran
As President Trump warned that the US is “locked and loaded” to respond to the drone attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil supply this past weekend, Senator Rand Paul warned that hitting Iran would be a “big mistake.”
Appearing on CNN, Paul warned that any attack on Iran would constitute a “needless escalation” of war.
“The Iraq War, President Trump has said, was the biggest geopolitical blunder of the last generation,” Paul said.
“It destabilized the Middle East and increased the strength of Iran and tipped the balance toward Iran,” the Senator added.
Paul also had stern words for Rep. Liz Cheney, who earlier in the day proclaimed that the US should deny visas for Iranian diplomats at the United Nations General Assembly meeting this fall.
“There was nothing good about the Iraq war and Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney and John Bolton still don’t get it. They are still advocating for more regime change in the Middle East.” Paul declared.
Appearing on CNN, Paul warned that any attack on Iran would constitute a “needless escalation” of war.
“The Iraq War, President Trump has said, was the biggest geopolitical blunder of the last generation,” Paul said.
“It destabilized the Middle East and increased the strength of Iran and tipped the balance toward Iran,” the Senator added.
Paul also had stern words for Rep. Liz Cheney, who earlier in the day proclaimed that the US should deny visas for Iranian diplomats at the United Nations General Assembly meeting this fall.
“There was nothing good about the Iraq war and Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney and John Bolton still don’t get it. They are still advocating for more regime change in the Middle East.” Paul declared.
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I agree with Rand Paul on this.
Give Saudi Arabia logistic support. but let them handle it. They have 58 million people and piles of money
Let them hire Philippinos to kill Iranians for them. The hire them to do everything else.
Randy is intentionally interfering with Trump’s bargaining. He knows what he is doing. It is anti American. It is interfering in foreign affairs.
Never take a motormouth to a flea market; they’ll screw up your haggling, and if they’re your mother in law, they’ll do it on purpose.
Randy is a vindictive mother in law.
Agree...Paul is just grandstanding. Iran grabbed another tanker today.
Trump has no intention of getting us involved, he will sell Saudi Arabia more of our equipment though to defend themselves.
I strongly oppose endless foreign wars. However, Iran is an exception. The current leadership of Iran, FULLY intends to launch their nuclear arsenal once it become large enough.
Tel Aviv. London. New York. Los Angeles.
I am all for forcing the Saudis to deal with this incident themselves. But we must deal with Iran long term.
What we need is a fundamental power realignment with Russia. We need to get out of NATO and form an alliance with Russia that presents a united front against islam, and a quiet united front against China.
Paul looking for 15 more minutes.
Paul is absolutely correct. Thanks to Donald Trump whatever happens to Saudi oil is never going to be worth sacrificing American troops. If all Saudi oil disappears how many years before an unleashed US oil industry could make up the loss? I could deal with the interim for the reward of total American energy domination.
rand never met a CNN camera he didn’t like.
Agree.
” and a quiet united front against China.”....don’t you think Russia favors China before us?....
Pound sand Rand
We are not an isolationist country. Iran poses a threat to everyone.
Trump has shown no sign of wanting war. Iran on the other hand.....
Remember Clinton did everything to avoid war ( except to protect mussies in Bosnia). True of Obama
So many of these yobs are the same ones who screamed bloody murder when Trump was going to meet with the Taliban
If he’s genuinely ‘locked & loaded’...one can only imagine the nature of Bolton’s disagreement with Trump.
Rand Paul is a pussy. He let his own neighbor kick his ass.
Agreed. Rand is a drama queen and a jelly filled dove on Iran and he should leave national issues to the President where it rightly belongs. Rand Paul is unqualified to handle national affairs at this level.
Wow, I like Rand but the only choices the USA has is an all out war and doing nothing? Really? How many idiots are falling for that?
Paul warned that any attack on Iran would constitute a “needless escalation” of war.Yes Rand, heaven forbid we should interfere with Iran's escalation of war with a "needless escalation"... to stop them.
This is the time to pull together a NATO-type coalition headed by Egypt to wipe out Iran, with US support of intelligence, air and material - only.
Other than satellite imaging, I suspect the Egyptian, Jordan Saudi intelligence is as good or better than ours.
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