Rand Paul on Foreign Policy

The more I hear from Rand Paul, the more impressed I become, though there is still a little concern that he may have a little of Daddy in him.  We'll have to watch him closely to see if what he is saying is meant to tickle our ears or if he's truly sincere about what he says because politicians on both sides of the aisle talk out of both sides of their mouths.  But, how do they vote?  That's the key because it reveals their true belief system.

Check out what Rand has to say about foreign policy.  But, beware, like every other politician he speaks of being at war, not with Islam, but with a radical element of the religion.  No, Rand, the radicalism of the religion is its true belief system.   Why can't politicians get this?  Allen West is the only one I know who has the courage to call Islam for what it is, and he was driven out of DC, probably through voter fraud.

Read from Joshua Pundit:

Senator Rand Paul Talks Sense On Foreign Policy

 


Senator Rand Paul ( R-KY) gave an important speech at the Heritage Foundation today. It's one of the more intelligent  expostions on Foreign Policy I've seen come out of Congress in quite some time. The more I see of Senator Paul, the more I'm impressed with his common sense and his understanding of the Founder's principles. And he clearly understands the threat of radical Islam.  Here's a slice:

Foreign policy is uniquely an arena where we should base decisions on the landscape of the world as it is . . . not as we wish it to be. I see the world as it is. I am a realist, not a neoconservative, nor an isolationist.

When candidate John McCain argued in 2007 that we should remain in Iraq for 100 years, I blanched and wondered what the unintended consequences of prolonged occupation would be.  But McCain’s call for a hundred year occupation does capture some truth: that the West is in for a long, irregular confrontation not with terrorism, which is simply a tactic, but with Radical Islam.

As many are quick to note, the war is not with Islam but with a radical element of Islam - the problem is that this element is no small minority but a vibrant, often mainstream, vocal and numerous minority. Whole countries, such as Saudi Arabia, adhere to at least certain radical concepts such as the death penalty for blasphemy, conversion, or apostasy. A survey in Britain after the subway bombings showed 20% of the Muslim population in Britain approved of the violence.

Some libertarians argue that western occupation fans the flames of radical Islam – I agree. But I don’t agree that absent western occupation that radical Islam “goes quietly into that good night.” I don’t agree with FDR’s VP Henry Wallace that the Soviets (or Radical Islam in today’s case) can be discouraged by “the glad hand and the winning smile.”

Americans need to understand that Islam has a long and perseverant memory. As Bernard Lewis writes, “despite an immense investment in the teaching and writing of history, the general level of historical knowledge in American society is abysmally low. The Muslim peoples, like everyone else in the world, are shaped by their history, but unlike some others, they are keenly aware of it.”
Radical Islam is no fleeting fad but a relentless force. Though at times stateless, radical Islam is also supported by radicalized nations such as Iran. Though often militarily weak, radical Islam makes up for its lack of conventional armies with unlimited zeal.

For Americans to grasp the mindset of radical Islam we need to understand that they are still hopping mad about the massacre at Karbala several hundred years ago. Meanwhile, many Americans seem to be more concerned with who is winning Dancing with the Stars.

Read the rest here.


More of Rand's boldness, via Gateway Pundit:

Sen. Rand Paul: “Administration Needs to Answer Are They Running Guns through Turkey to Syria” (Video)

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) weighed in on the Benghazi terrorist attack this morning onAmerica’s Newsroom. Paul said,

“I really think part of the cause may have been there was a gun running operation going on in Benghazi, leaving Libya and going to Turkey and distributing arms to the rebels… They’ve interviewed the captain of the ship. A ship from Libya sailed for Turkey a week before the ambassador was killed. It was full of arms and they interviewed the captain and he actually specifically talks about the distribution of the arms to Syrian rebels… And I think the administration needs to answer are they running guns through Turkey to Syria.”

Here’s the video:

You would think the honest leftists would rally around Rand Paul on these accusations.

In October 2012, Malta Today reported that a Libyan-flagged vessel was used by a Malta-based humanitarian organization in a covert US arms smuggling operation to Syrian freedom fighters.