SENATOR RAND PAUL SPEAKS FOR HIMSELF... NOT FILTERED
THROUGH MEDIA MISREPORTING... HIS OWN WORDS... VIA TIME MAGAZINE:
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If I had been in President Obama's shoes, I would have
acted more decisively and strongly against ISIS.
Some pundits are surprised that I support destroying the
Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) militarily. They shouldn’t be.
I’ve said since I began public life that I am not an isolationist, nor am I an
interventionist. I look at the world, and consider war, realistically and
constitutionally.
(*STANDING OVATION*)
I still see war as the last resort. But I agree with
Reagan’s idea that no country should mistake U.S. reluctance for war for a lack
of resolve.
As Commander-in-Chief, I would not allow our enemies to
kill our citizens or our ambassadors.
* NEVER... FORGET... BENGHAZI...
* AND NEVER FORGET OBAMA TRADING CAPTURED TERRORISTS FOR U.S.
ARMY DESERTER BOWE BERGDAHL - BREAKING THE LAW BY DOING SO!
“Peace through Strength” only works if you have and show
strength.
* NO ONE IS AFRAID OF OBAMA AND NO ONE WOULD BE AFRAID OF
HILLARY CLINTON.
Our recent foreign policy has allowed radical jihadists
to proliferate. Today, there are more terrorists groups than there were before
9/11, most notably ISIS. After all the sacrifice in Afghanistan and Iraq, why
do we find ourselves in a more dangerous world?
* BECAUSE OBAMA HAS BEEN PRESIDENT... BECAUSE HILLARY
CLINTON WAS SECRETARY OF STATE...
(*SHRUG*)
And why, after six years, does President Obama lack a strategy
to deal with threats like ISIS?
(*SILENCE*)
This administration’s dereliction of duty has both sins
of action and inaction, which is what happens when you are flailing around
wildly, without careful strategic thinking.
And while my predisposition is to less intervention, I do
support intervention when our vital interests are threatened.
* COMMON SENSE! (WHICH UNFORTUNATELY IS FAR LESS THAN
COMMON IN THE RAREFIED BOWELS OF WASHINGTON D.C.
If I had been in President Obama’s shoes, I would have
acted more decisively and strongly against ISIS. I would have called Congress
back into session — even during recess.
* YEP! THAT'S A POWER THE CONSTITUTION GRANTS THE
PRESIDENT! OBAMA COULD USE IT - BUT HE DOESN'T. HE'D RATHER THROW CRITICIZE
REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS FOR NOT DOING "THEIR" JOBS WHEN WITH A STROKE
OF HIS PEN HE COULD CALL THE WHOLE LOT OF THEM - REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS - TO
WASHINGTON ANY TIME HE PLEASES. (JUST A LITTLE TRIVIA THERE FOLKS...)
This is what President Obama should have done. He should
have been prepared with a strategic vision, a plan for victory and extricating
ourselves. He should have asked for authorization for military action and would
have, no doubt, received it.
Once we have decided that we have an enemy that requires
destruction, we must have a comprehensive strategy — a realistic policy
applying military power and skilful diplomacy to protect our national
interests.
* OBAMA IS INCOMPETENT. LOOK AT HOW HIS DECISIONS
REGARDING LIBYA PLAYED OUT!
* FOLKS... IT'S ONLY BY THE GRACE OF GOD AND THE BALLS OF
THE EGYPTIAN MILITARY THAT WE DIDN'T "LOSE" EGYPT! (REMEMBER OBAMA
AND CLINTON CHEERING THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S INITIAL PUSH FOR POWER!)
The immediate challenge is to define the national
interest to determine the form of intervention we might pursue. I was
repeatedly asked if I supported airstrikes. I do — if it makes sense as part of
a larger strategy.
There’s no point in taking military action just for the
sake of it, something Washington leaders can’t seem to understand.
* FOLKS... SERIOUSLY... CONTEMPLATE WHAT YOU'RE READING.
YOU'RE READING COMMON SENSE! HOW OFTEN DO YOU HEAR COMMON SENSE COMING OUT OF
WASHINGTON? THIS IS RAND PAUL! THIS IS THE TEA PARTY! BENGHAZI WAS DEMPUBLICANS
AND REPUBLICRATS ACTING IN CONCERT!
America has an interest in protecting more than 5,000
personnel serving at the largest American embassy in the world in northern
Iraq.
* THAT WAS FRIGGIN' BUSH...
* THINK ABOUT HOW FRIGGIN' RIDICULOUS IT IS THAT THE
LARGEST AMERICAN EMBASSY IN THE WORLD IS IN... IRAQ.
* BUT, FOLKS... IT'S NOT AS IF THE DEMOCRATS OBJECTED!
AGAIN... DEMPUBLICANS... REPUBLICRATS... INCOMPETENTS ALL!
I am also persuaded by the plight of massacred Christians
and Muslim minorities.
* WHICH THE AMERICAN MSM LARGELY IGNORES; WHICH OBAMA
LARGELY IGNORES; WHICH DEMPUBLICANS AND REPUBLICRATS LARGELY IGNORE!
The long-term challenge is debilitating and ultimately
eradicating a strong and growing ISIS, whose growth poses a significant
terrorist threat to U.S. allies and enemies in the region, Europe, and our
homeland. The military means to achieve these goals include airstrikes against
ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria. Such airstrikes are the best way to suppress
ISIS’s operational strength and allow allies such as the Kurds to regain a
military advantage.
* THANK GOD! SOMEONE FINALLY SPEAKS UP FOR THE KURDS -
THE PRO-WESTERN, PRO-AMERICAN KURDS WHO ARE OUR KEY FRIENDS IN THE REGION AND
WHO ARE OUR BEST HOPE WITH REGARD TO HAVING ALLIES - INSTEAD OF ENEMIES -
CONTROL THE IRAQI OIL FIELDS!
We should arm and aid capable and allied Kurdish fighters
whose territory includes areas now under siege by the ISIS.
Since Syrian jihadists are also a threat to Israel, we
should help reinforce Israel’s Iron Dome protection against missiles.
We must also secure our own borders and immigration
policy from ISIS infiltration.
* FROM INFILTRATION PERIOD!
Our border is porous, and the administration, rather than
acting to protect it, instead ponders unconstitutional executive action,
legalizing millions of illegal immigrants.
* OBAMA IS TOTALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CURRENT CRISIS.
TOTALLY! (AND I HATE BUSH! I HATED BUSH'S IMMIGRATION POLITICS! BUT OBAMA HAS
GONE BEYOND BUSH'S WILDEST DAYDREAMS! OBAMA AND HIS ADMINISTRATION CONSPIRE -
IN BROAD DAYLIGHT - WITH MEXICO AND WITH THE ILLEGALS THEMSELVES AGAINST OUR
OWN LAWS AND NATIONAL INTEREST! OBAMA - LITERALLY - "INVITED" THE CURRENT PLAGUE IN!
Our immigration system, especially the administration of
student visas, requires a full-scale examination. Recently, it was estimated
that as many as 6,000 possibly dangerous foreign students are unaccounted for.
This is inexcusable over a decade after we were attacked on 9/11 by hijackers
including one Saudi student who overstayed his student visa.
We should revoke passports from any Americans or dual
citizens who are fighting with ISIS.
Important to the long-term stability in the region is the
re-engagement diplomatically with allies in the region and in Europe to
recognize the shared nature of the threat of Radical Islam and the growing
influence of jihadists. That is what will make this a comprehensive strategy.
ISIS is a global threat; we should treat it accordingly
and build a coalition of nations who are also threatened by the rise of the
Islamic State. Important partners such as Turkey, a NATO ally, Israel, and
Jordan face an immediate threat, and unchecked growth endangers Kuwait, Saudi
Arabia, Gulf countries such as Qatar, and even Europe. Several potential
partners — notably, the Turks, Qataris, and Saudis — have been reckless in
their financial support of ISIS, which must cease immediately.
* NOTICE PAUL HAS THE BALLS TO LAY IT OUT... TO LAY OUT
THE TRUTH!
* WHILE UNDER OBAMA, CLINTON, AND NOW KERRY BOTH OUR
ALLIES AND ENEMIES HAVE OFTEN "PLAYED US," I BELIEVE WE CAN TRUST
RAND PAUL TO RESUME THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT'S RIGHTFUL POSITION AS TRUE
"LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD."
This is one set of principles. Any strategy, though, should
be presented to the American people through Congress. If war is necessary, we
should act as a nation. We should do so properly and constitutionally and with
a real strategy and a plan for both victory and exit.
* AGAIN... HONESTY... RESPECT FOR THE RULE OF LAW...
ADHERENCE TO THE CONSTITUTION...
* FOLKS... THIS SHOULDN'T BE JUST "REFRESHING."
SUCH SENTIMENTS SHOULD BE THE BARE MINIMUM IN ORDER TO VIABLY RUN FOR PUBLIC
OFFICE!
To develop a realistic strategy, we need to understand
why the threat of ISIS exists. Jihadist Islam is festering in the region. But
in order for it to grow, prosper, and conquer, it needs chaos. Three years
after President Obama waged war in Libya without Congressional approval, Libya
is a sanctuary and safe haven for training and arms for terrorists from
Northern Africa to Syria.
* OBAMA AND CLINTON... OBAMA AND CLINTON... (THREE YEARS
AFTER OBAMA AND CLINTON WAGED WAR IN LIBYA WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL...)
Our deserted Embassy in Tripoli is controlled by
militants. Jihadists today swim in our embassy pool.
Syria, likewise, has become a jihadist wonderland.
In Syria, Obama’s plan just one year ago — and apparently
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s desire — was to aid rebels against Assad,
despite the fact that many of these groups are al-Qaeda- and ISIS-affiliated.
* OBAMA AND CLINTON... OBAMA AND CLINTON... OBAMA AND
CLINTON...
Until we acknowledge that arming the Islamic rebels in
Syria allowed ISIS a safe haven, no amount of military might will extricate us
from a flawed foreign policy.
* GOD HELP THE WORLD WITH OBAMA AS PRESIDENT... OBAMA THE
INCOMPETENT... (AND CLINTON AS "FAVORED" REPLACEMENT? CLINTON THE
INCOMPETENT? GEEZUS... WHAT IS WRONG WITH SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS
COUNTRY...?!?!)
Unfortunately, Obama’s decisions — from disengaging
diplomatically in Iraq and the region and fomenting chaos in Libya and Syria — leaves
few good options. A more realistic and effective foreign policy would protect
the vital interests of the nation without the unrealistic notion of
nation-building.
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