So I take it Rand Paul opposes arming the Syrian opposition but supports US air strikes against ISIS. Fortunately his libertarian fans see through his blatant difference splitting and
are not happy about it. The linked article describes Rands weaseling but otherwise is a typical
Daily Beast snarkfest.
On Thursday afternoon Paul took the Senate floor to deliver an impassioned speech outlining his opposition to arming Syrian rebels as the U.S. fights ISIS. That part of Pauls foreign-policy platform his liberty-loving fans have no issue with. It is the other partwhere Paul is openly supporting airstrikes in Syria and Iraqthat is causing some of them at least those dedicated enough to the movement to attend LPAC to stare at him squinty-eyed.
Squinty-eyed?" Get it? Thats the authors way of communicating disdain. Where did she go to journalism school Patsys Playland?
Apparently we are supposed to be shocked and amused that one liberty supporter (Glenn Jacobs a.k.a. Kane) is tall one has a pony tail and another wears a pro-second amendment belt buckle. One wants to ask the author Olivia Nuzzi if she has ever been to a libertarian gathering before. Its not exactly the suit and tie GOP set. That there are pony tails and big belt buckles at a liberty gathering is about as newsbreaking as there being lobbyists and other influence peddlers at a Hillary Clinton fund raiser or childish snarkmeisters masquerading as journalists at a
Daily Beast editorial meeting. But enough about Olivia who obviously has not progressed beyond her high school mean girl phase and is clearly not to be taken seriously.
Rands fence straddling is serious business for those of us interested in a foreign policy of minding our own damn business. Compare and contrast Rands pandering with his fathers
clear declaration of noninterventionist good sense.
The limited mission the president promised just weeks ago has already greatly escalated and now threatens to become another major regional war. In reality however this is just a continuation of the 24 year US war on Iraq that President George Bush began in 1990 and candidate Obama promised to end as President…
There are 200 million people bordering the countries where ISIS is currently operating. They are the ones facing the threat of ISIS activity and expansion. Let them fight their own war rather than turning the US military into the mercenary army of wealthy Gulf states. Remember they come over here because we are over there. So lets not be over there any longer.
Even the people Ms. Nuzzi thinks are such a spectacle have more foreign policy sense than Rand.
That wars supposed to be over. Im surprised hes supporting anything there" says Charles. Yep!
Diane says Rand is trying to game." Again yep!
Asked if he supported the airstrikes Glenn Jacobs (Kane) replied No no" because I think what ends up happening is you have unintended consequences." Double yep!
Per Ms. Nuzzi Kane said he agreed with Paul on some things but agreed with his father more." My feelings exactly.
Sadly that apple continues to roll further and further from the tree and the
Daily Beast remains stuck in the playground sandbox.
