Neocon: Rand Paul Is Likely to Improve as a Warmonger (with practice)

[KEEF]

Ha Ha Rand, stand your ground and don't sway!

MONDAY, JULY 8, 2013

Neocon: Rand Paul Is Likely to Improve as a Warmonger (with practice)



Neocon Jennifer Rubin writes in WaPo:

Watching Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) try to spin his foreign policy tales is like listening to a beginning violinist — it’s painful. But with practice and a teacher, the violinist can improve.​

But she is certainly unhappy with recent comments Rand has made:

Sen. Rand Paul lashed out Monday against neoconservatives on Twitter for supporting the “military junta” in Egypt and arguing for continued monetary aid to the country, whose armed forces recently ousted the sitting president, Mohamed Morsi.[..]​

I’d like to understand to whom he is referring. President Obama? Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and John Kerry? They all supported aid to the Egyptian government. Both houses of Congress, maybe? Right now it is the president who is rebuffing calls to cut off aid. Mr. Obama is many things, but a neoconservative he is not. One suspects Paul doesn’t quite know what one is and likes to toss around the term as his father and other fringe characters do in lieu of intelligible criticism.​

Her advice to Rand:

Paul surely wants to be taken seriously. To do that, however, he needs to stop name-calling and learn something about foreign policy. In that regard, he might find he has more in common with Obama (cut defense, withdraw troops, reject meaningful assistance to the Syrians) than he does with mainstream conservatives. But that really isn’t fair; even the president understands the need for such counterterrorism tactics as drones and NSA surveillance.​

In any case, like the aspiring violinist trying to get to Carnegie Hall, Rand Paul needs to practice, practice, practice.​

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[Kotin]

People like this usually elicit quite a crass response from me.


What a dumb fuck.


EDIT: but seriously.. I cannot stand people like this that just ooze the fact that they think they know so much more than anyone else and that others are incapable of understanding these issues like they are.

 

[cajuncocoa]

And so it begins....they are painting Rand as friendly to terrorists.

What will he do to assuage their fear(mongering)? Will he school voters as his father tried to do, or will he oh-so-gently move in Jennifer's direction?

Libertarian supporters of Ron await.

 

[Sola_Fide]

It just totally goes right over their head that they have the same insane foreign policy as the Democrats.

 

[enhanced_deficit]

Hopefully Rand would teach neecons a lesson in liberty.

 

[Bruehound]

And so it begins....they are painting Rand as friendly to terrorists.

What will he do to assuage their fear(mongering)? Will he school voters as his father tried to do, or will he oh-so-gently move in Jennifer's direction?

Libertarian supporters of Ron await.

His use of the pejorative "neoconservatives" indicates he is moving in the correct direction, doesn't it?

 

[Napolitanic Wars]

This reminds me of O'reilly and Donahue on Iraq. Where the intellectual midget O'reilly uses big words like "geo-politics" and clearly has no clue what it means.

 

[Warlord]

Rand is not and never has been a warmonger. He's fought them and called them out. Just today for instance.

 

[cajuncocoa]

His use of the pejorative "neoconservatives" indicates he is moving in the correct direction, doesn't it?

Yes, for now. I just hope he doesn't cave when they start to really pressure him. It's going to get really tough for him to stand his ground with these bullies.

 

[Warlord]

And so it begins....they are painting Rand as friendly to terrorists.

What will he do to assuage their fear(mongering)? Will he school voters as his father tried to do, or will he oh-so-gently move in Jennifer's direction?

Libertarian supporters of Ron await.

He is antiwar and fought against Libya. He calls out neocons just today for instance. Look at his record.

 

[Warlord]

Rand does not support war unless attacked. He's said this numerous times. Do you not believe him or something? He fought against Libya. He is the most antiwar senator easily and calls out neocons by name. EPJ forgot that article today I guess. Rubin is irrelevant i'm not even going to read her words. He is not and never will move in her direction.

 

[vita3]

F* off Rubin.

Go Cheerlead some more for your favorite political party. Likud

 

[GregSarnowski]

That's fine with me if she thinks that. They can believe what they want as long as they support him.

 

[cajuncocoa]

He is antiwar and fought against Libya. He calls out neocons just today for instance. Look at his record.

In case you're having trouble with the English language, let me help: all of my questions were phrased as speculative of future actions, not the past.

 

[Cheimei]

And so it begins....they are painting Rand as friendly to terrorists.

What will he do to assuage their fear(mongering)? Will he school voters as his father tried to do, or will he oh-so-gently move in Jennifer's direction?

Libertarian supporters of Ron await.

I think he'll have an easier time convincing voters now. Syria is not popular, and Egypt is even less popular.

 

[Brett85]

Rand does not support war unless attacked. He's said this numerous times. Do you not believe him or something? He fought against Libya. He is the most antiwar senator easily and calls out neocons by name. EPJ forgot that article today I guess. Rubin is irrelevant i'm not even going to read her words. He is not and never will move in her direction.

Well, he's said that we should go to war when our allies get attacked as well. But, he's opposed all overseas military interventions since he's been a U.S Senator.

 

[Christian Liberty]

Well, he's said that we should go to war when our allies get attacked as well. But, he's opposed all overseas military interventions since he's been a U.S Senator.

He's been iffy on Iran. Not full blown "Charge in without thinking", but definitely iffy.

 

[compromise]

He's been iffy on Iran. Not full blown "Charge in without thinking", but definitely iffy.

He has to keep everything on the table. Rand could well become President, but I don't think that alone will make Iran friendly with the US. The Iranians are refusing to rule anything out, but aren't doing much either. Rand's using the same strategy.

 

[COpatriot]

Jennifer Rubin is one of the most repulsive figures in media. Pat Buchanan gave her the "infantile conservative" label which is just perfect.

 

[Warlord]

She's not even a conservative. Was a Democrat from California. Even Mark Levin has major issues with her because she bags Reagan.