Libertarian Republican Senator Rand Paul is in the news again, not because he said something and then decided he didn’t say it – that was last month’s news when he said that he would have voted for the Civil Rights Act, despite many recordings of him saying that he opposed the act. Sidenote – Those recordings do exist!
No, today, Rand Paul is in the news again because he has apparently forgotten the most basic principle of being a Libertarian – minding your own darn business even when it comes to foreign policies.
And Paul has often stated just that – that America should indeed mind our own business and not be the police of the world, that we should let the other nations take care of their own issues. But today in an op-ed, Rand Paul is now demanding military action to take care of ISIS.
“The military means to achieve these goals include airstrikes against ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria,” the Kentucky Republican and likely 2016 presidential hopeful wrote in an op-ed in TIME. “Such airstrikes are the best way to suppress ISIS’s operational strength and allow allies such as the Kurds to regain a military advantage.”
Paul’s hawkish turn comes after months of hedging and skeptical comments regarding U.S. involvement in Iraq and Syria. Yet Paul boasted on Thursday that as president he would have committed to a grand plan to eliminate ISIS earlier and more effectively than President Obama.
“If I had been in President Obama’s shoes, I would have acted more decisively and strongly against ISIS,” Paul said. “I would have called Congress back into session—even during recess.”
Another Sidenote: Rand Paul is not only trying to be president in 2016, he is also trying to unseat Mitt Romney as the official Flip-Flopper-In-Chief!
