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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP Wonders What The Hell It Will Do About Rand Paul's Foreign Policy
GOP Wonders What The Hell It Will Do About Rand Paul's Foreign Policyby Sam Stein at the Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/21/rand-paul-foreign-policy_n_5516454.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
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Michael Goldfarb, founder of the unapologetically hawkish Free Beacon, distilled Pauls message on foreign policy into a simple: Dont blame Obama. After tweeting his disdain, he elaborated in an email to The Huffington Post.
"The hawks in the party well know the dangers of supporting Obama policies out of principle -- the Afghan surge, NSA surveillance, strikes against Assad, all Obama policies that we supported because they were the right thing to do," Goldfarb wrote. "In each case we saw the Republican base recoil at the administration's incompetence and mismanagement. Now Rand, who shares Obama's view of the limits of American power, is supporting Obama's policy of doing nothing in Iraq and Syria. Good luck with that!"
These are not uncharted waters for Paul, who has been unapologetic in his position that U.S. interventions overseas have caused as many (if not more) problems than theyve solved. His father campaigned on a similar doctrine during his last two presidential runs and earned a healthy following among war-weary conservatives in the process.
The younger Paul has been careful to assure his fellow party members that hes no isolationist. And in his own speech at the Faith and Freedom Conference, he made sure to assure the crowd that if attacked, it is our duty to defend your family, to defend your country, or defend our freedom.
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GOP Wonders What The Hell It Will Do About Rand Paul's Foreign Policy (Original Post)
applegrove
Jun 2014
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I hope Rand Paul hangs with the GOP's, looks like he would like to flip flop into the DNC.
Thinkingabout
Jun 2014
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applegrove
(118,612 posts)1. Is it mean of me to be looking forward to the 2016 Republican
nomination debates?
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)2. I hope Rand Paul hangs with the GOP's, looks like he would like to flip flop into the DNC.
Loudly
(2,436 posts)3. No, he's safely on the fringe to the right.
The invisible hand will handle everything for the best.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)4. I think he would go and say whatever he could to be president.
Loudly
(2,436 posts)5. And remain silent or nebulous about his true beliefs?
Sounds like a politician!