Marco Rubio Is the Anti-Rand Paul on Foreign Policy

[jct74]

Marco Rubio Is the Anti-Rand Paul on Foreign Policy
The two Tea Party senators-turned presidential aspirants present clashing visions of American power

Matt Welch | Apr. 13, 2015 3:48 pm

Do you remember the time that the interventionist GOP establishment first sounded the alarm bell against Rand Paul? It was March 2010; Paul the inexperienced upstart was running a Tea Party-insurgent campaign against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's hand-picked home-state candidate to replace the retiring Jim Bunning, and the likes of Dick Cheney were not tolerating any loose talk about cutting military spending and being less eager to take America to war. Former Cheney aide Cesar Conda circulated a galvanizing letter of warning to people affiliated with the Foreign Policy Initiative, including directors William Kristol, Robert Kagan, and Dan Senor. Excerpt:

On foreign policy, GWOT, Gitmo, Afghanistan, Rand Paul is NOT one of us…It is our hope that you can help us get the word out about Rand Paul’s troubling and dangerous views on foreign policy.

Cesar Conda went on to become chief of staff of another insurgent GOP freshman from the Tea Party Class of 2010: Marco Rubio (R-Florida), today's 2016-candidate poster boy.

Rubio and Rand Paul have been frenemies in the Senate; on the friend side, the Cuban-American rather spectacularly quoted Jay-Z and Wiz Khalifa while helping Paul out during the Kentucky senator's epic 2013 filibuster on U.S. drone policy. But where the two have clashed even before November 2010 is on an area where they now share a committee assignment: foreign policy. The battle between the two men has and will continue to be a proxy war for the internal GOP divide over how the U.S. should conduct relations with the rest of the world. Here is a sample of their past clashes:

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http://reason.com/blog/2015/04/13/marco-rubio-is-the-anti-rand-paul-on-for

 

[jct74]

This is linked in the Reason article but I don't think it was ever posted at RPF. Interesting read.

Rand Paul Spars With Rubio and Cruz About Foreign Policy

by JOEL GEHRKE
January 26, 2015 2:52 AM

An economic policy panel discussion sponsored by a Koch-backed free market group turned into a foreign policy debate between Senator Rand Paul (R.Ky.), Senator Marco Rubio (R., Fla.), and Senator Ted Cruz (R. Texas)

“I’m kinda surrounded on this one,” Paul cracked as ABC’s Jonathan Karl opened up a conversation about President Obama’s decision to normalize relations with Cuba, which Cruz and Rubio oppose.

Paul defended his tweets suggesting that Rubio’s preferred policy towards Cuba is a form of “isolationism” and announced his opposition to increasing economic sanctions on Iran at a time when President Obama is trying to negotiate a deal to halt their nuclear program.

Karl kicked off the conversation by asking Paul to defend his tweets suggesting that Rubio was following an “isolationist” foreign policy by defending an embargo against Cuba. It was an interesting moment, especially in light of how Tim Pawlenty was damaged during the 2012 primaries by his refusal to reiterate his “Obamneycare” attack on Mitt Romney during a presidential debate.

Paul didn’t flinch, saying that Rubio’s suggestion amount to “a form of isolationism” because “it would be a policy of isolationism” if the United States put an embargo on every country that abuses human rights.

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http://www.nationalreview.com/corne...bio-and-cruz-about-foreign-policy-joel-gehrke

 

[hells_unicorn]

If you wanted to be truly honest about Marco Rubio's foreign policy, his policy isn't merely the most anti-Rand, it's also the most anti-American when considering what it has led us to between the dead soldiers and the wasted resources.

 

[Stratovarious]

Please don't ever start talking about an alliance with Rubio.

 

[Sola_Fide]

Please don't ever start talking about an alliance with Rubio.

Who's doing that?

 

[r3volution 3.0]

Marco Rubio Is the Anti-Rand Paul on Foreign Policy: The two Tea Party senators-turned presidential aspirants present clashing visions of American power

Duhwat?

Crush Rubio on his lack of fiscal conservatism, the most recent example of which being his un-paid-for increase in military spending.

...There's no reason anyone should be under the illusion that Rubio is a conservative on economic issues.

 

[Stratovarious]

Who's doing that?

Please don't ever means: Please don't ever...:shrugs: future tense ?

It's a warning !!!

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[hells_unicorn]

Please don't ever start talking about an alliance with Rubio.

Not gonna happen regardless of who talks about it. It's pretty obvious that Rubio is not a conservative, but rather a moderate who was elected to the senate by being more hawkish than Charlie Crist but otherwise identical to him.

 

[RonPaul4Prez2012]

He started off good and then the CFR got to him. I'm not sure what they said to coerce him but it sure did work.

 

[Stratovarious]

Not gonna happen regardless of who talks about it. It's pretty obvious that Rubio is not a conservative, but rather a moderate who was elected to the senate by being more hawkish than Charlie Crist but otherwise identical to him.

Good, I see nothing but agenda written all over his platform, and not a Constitutional agenda.

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[adelina]

He started off good and then the CFR got to him. I'm not sure what they said to coerce him but it sure did work.

Probably $$$. He has a long history of misappropriating funds. He can be easily bought over. Rubio is just a puppet.

 

[eleganz]

Probably $$$. He has a long history of misappropriating funds. He can be easily bought over. Rubio is just a puppet.

The guy started his political career in his mid 20s, he is definitely ambitious and completely spineless.

 

[adelina]

The guy started his political career in his mid 20s, he is definitely ambitious and completely spineless.

Same as Walker, they are both career politicians. Except that Rubio is more eloquent.