Rand on Fox now, wants more aid to Israel and Ukraine???

Unfortunately, we're probably going to have to put up with a lot of this kind of rhetoric for the next year or two. Hopefully if he wins the GOP nomination his rhetoric will be more non interventionist, but I think he just figures that he can't have the Hannity and Levin types opposed to him if he's going to have a real shot to win the GOP nomination.
 
Why oh why did I click on this thread? I just threw up a little in my mouth right now
 
Traditional Conservative said:
Unfortunately, we're probably going to have to put up with a lot of this kind of rhetoric for the next year or two. Hopefully if he wins the GOP nomination his rhetoric will be more non interventionist, but I think he just figures that he can't have the Hannity and Levin types opposed to him if he's going to have a real shot to win the GOP nomination.
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Do you really think they'll stop when Rand wins the nomination? They only half-heartedly supported McCain and Romney; if they do the same thing to Rand, we're looking at 8 years of Hillary Clinton. So he's going to have to kiss their asses all the way through the general election.....and then he'll have to start thinking about re-election. If he pisses them off after 2016, he'll be looking at a one term presidency.

Where does this all end?
 
Again, Rand has to choose his battles wisely. Saying that he doesn't support aid to Israel would be a battle not worth fighting.
 
Crashland said:
Again, Rand has to choose his battles wisely. Saying that he doesn't support aid to Israel would be a battle not worth fighting.
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How about just saying he supports the Constitution? And he could re-iterate, "We're $17 trillion in debt, I suggest Senators and Congressmen forego our pay, and lead by example, and send our paychecks to the Israeli and Ukrainian governments." No? Ron Paul suggested that, when he voted against a congressional medal for somebody....

Anybody know what show this interview was done on?
 
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cajuncocoa said:
Do you really think they'll stop when Rand wins the nomination? They only half-heartedly supported McCain and Romney; if they do the same thing to Rand, we're looking at 8 years of Hillary Clinton. So he's going to have to kiss their asses all the way through the general election.....and then he'll have to start thinking about re-election. If he pisses them off after 2016, he'll be looking at a one term presidency.

Where does this all end?
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If he is president, Hannity will defend everything he does.
 
Traditional Conservative said:
Unfortunately, we're probably going to have to put up with a lot of this kind of rhetoric for the next year or two. Hopefully if he wins the GOP nomination his rhetoric will be more non interventionist, but I think he just figures that he can't have the Hannity and Levin types opposed to him if he's going to have a real shot to win the GOP nomination.
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I agree. Talking is one thing, dragging us off to war is another. He is as non-interventionist as they come, but he does have to flex his FP muscles every now and then, or they'd think he has no muscles.
 
I'm sure this quote will be taken out of context lol

"On 9/11 we were attacked by short-range missiles posing as airplanes." --Rand Paul
 
These are situations that concern friendly countries in crisis. Sending emergency military aid to someone under attack is not the same as keeping them on the payroll for centuries. We can all agree that propping up a dictator with tax dollars in exchange for oil rights or aggression against other countries is a bad idea. Emergency wartime aid is definitely a debatable issue, but a separate one.
 
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Emergency wartime aid to a regime in Ukraine that is only in power because of a CIA-backed coup that involved arming actual Nazis. All so NATO can have access to the natural gas pipelines of central and eastern Ukraine. What is going on?

GO DEMOCRACY!
 
I don't like it at all, but I guess he's just trying to avoid the "isolationist" tag, or at least trying to make people who label him an isolationist look stupid.
 
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