I am, in general, by Rand Pauls policy views. Im not sure you can even say that he has A foreign policy. But nonetheless, he still gives voice to views that would rarely break the mainstream otherwise. Such as this statement from yesterday: The world has a dignity problem, with millions of men and women across the Middle East being treated as chattel by their own governments. Many of these same governments have been chronic recipients of our aid. When the anger boils over as it did in Cairo, the anger is directed not only against Mubarak but also against the United States because of our support for Mubarak.... We also can’t be blind to the fact that drone strikes that inadvertently kill civilians may create more jihadists than we eliminate. The young activist Malala Yousafzai, whom the Taliban in Pakistan shot in the head at point-blank range for insisting that girls have the right to attend school, voiced this concern when she met with President Obama. She said: It is true that when there’s a drone attack…terrorists are killed. But 500 and 5,000 more people rise against it and more terrorism occurs. The truth is, you can’t solve a dignity problem with military force.
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 13:43:29 +0000
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