Rand Paul: ‘If Our Foreign Policy Is to Free Oppressed People, I Am Not Sure Where War Would End’

PAUL: “As far as the reasons for the war, there have been many different reasons floated, but none of them, I think, have been very convincing. One reason is that we want to free the Iranian people from oppression. I’ve a great deal of sympathy. I want people to be free around the world, but if our foreign policy is to free oppressed people, I’m not sure where war would end. I mean, there are many people that are said to be oppressed in China, Tibet, the Uighurs, North Korea, Russia. Where would war end if our goal is to free oppressed people? So think that goal is too grandiose and would perpetually tie us up in war. Another statement has been made: Well, they're a week away from a nuclear weapons. You can take clips from the 90s all the way to the present of people arguing that they are a week away from nuclear weapons. Then there were arguments made, well, their ballistic missiles are almost able to reach the U.S., but then our intelligence countered that and said, 'Really, they would be six months to a year if they made that attempt.' We were also told their nuclear weapons were obliterated, and now we’re told their nuclear weapons are just moments away from being a bomb. So I guess I don’t think the arguments are valid, and I think war should be the last resort, not the first resort. A war of choice is not my choice."

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Rand Paul: ‘If Our Foreign Policy Is to Free Oppressed People, I Am Not Sure Where War Would End’‘I think that goal is too grandiose’News & Politics,InternationalEXCERPT:PAUL: “As far as the reasons for the war, there have been many different reasons floated, but none of them, I think, have been very convincing. One reason is that we want to free the Iranian people from oppression. I’ve a great deal of sympathy. I want people to be free around the world, but if our foreign policy is to free oppressed people, I’m not sure where war would end. I mean, there are many people that are said to be oppressed in China, Tibet, the Uighurs, North Korea, Russia. Where would war end if our goal is to free oppressed people? So think that goal is too grandiose and would perpetually tie us up in war. Another statement has been made: Well, they're a week away from a nuclear weapons. You can take clips from the 90s all the way to the present of people arguing that they are a week away from nuclear weapons. Then there were arguments made, well, their ballistic missiles are almost able to reach the U.S., but then our intelligence countered that and said, 'Really, they would be six months to a year if they made that attempt.' We were also told their nuclear weapons were obliterated, and now we’re told their nuclear weapons are just moments away from being a bomb. So I guess I don’t think the arguments are valid, and I think war should be the last resort, not the first resort. A war of choice is not my choice."Video filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Audio filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Recipient e-mailMessage (optional)Preview

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