Posted on 01/06/2020 5:36:31 PM PST by Widget Jr
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) talks with CNN's Wolf Blitzer about President Donald Trump's decision to kill Iranian general Qasem Soleimani
I agree. It will be mostly sabre rattling.
If Iran was intending anything, we would have seen something by now.
Iran won’t do anything..they know if they did Iran would be turned into a sandbox
Screw the vid.
If we really want out of the ME we’re going to have fight our way out.
Is Rand Paul really that daft.
Iran has been waging asymmetrical war by proxy against the US for over 40 years.
Here’s what one of the 52 has to say about it.
Rand Paul is a Libertarian and a Dove. And, as such his kneejerk reaction will always be against the USA taking actions such as our President Trump took and is threatening to take.
A person such as this should never again ever be elected president. Jimmy Carter must be the last such man to hold that office.
I get what he’s saying. What path is there to negotiation? My response is: Why are we negotiating with a nation state which is currently committing terrorist acts against our troops?
He’s right, but you have to ignore the constant attacks not just in Iraq but in Syria, Lebanon, Africa and elsewhere to get to the negotiating table with a straight face. Iran has operated with nearly impunity for almost a decade now with various third parties promising to reign them in.
You can’t kill a leading general without an act of war from congress? Request already granted and never rescinded: The war on terror authorizes the president to use whatever means are required to attack, capture or kill known terrorists. It specifically permits operating in countries which are both friendly or hostile to the United States. There are urges that civilian casualties should be minimized when possible.
Rand Paul ignores this already authorized use of action. If he wants to shackle the president, go ahead, Rand, let’s see you stand up and put forth a resolution calling the war on terror to be completed.
Iran can’t do anything or we remove their oil fields and sink their oil tankers and they are done.
Well put.
Yep, and the only thing they respect is strength and God forbid we should show that. Instead we must continue to spread our cheeks ala B.Hussein/Kerry as if that will accomplish anything. Finally we get a POTUS who stomps these mofos and he’s accused of “war crimes” starting “WW3”.
Is Rand Paul really that daft?
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Yes, he really is, when it comes to foreign policy he has too much of his dad in him to be sensible.
That was a sad performance. He’s as wacked out as his father when it comes to geopolitics.
One thing about Rand Paul and his father, Ron. No matter what room they walk into, they are always the Smartest MoFos in that room. Don’t take my word for it, just ask them.
It certainly didn’t help matters that we helped overthrow their country.
Well written.
Little people have to stand on standup people to be even seen.
Is Rand Paul this dumb?
I don’t know but it’s his schtick.
He has to keep it up for fund raising.
It’s background noise in any other respect.
Isolationism is not pacifism.
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