Rand Paul: Romney's wrong on Middle East, defense spending

[Kevin_Kennedy]

This week, I will campaign for Gov. Mitt Romney. I believe this election will and should be about moving America back from the edge of the abyss on which we stand, where our debt and spending threaten to overwhelm and drown us. Romney's belief in free markets, limited government and trade make him the clear choice to lead our country come January.

I do not, however, support a call for intervention in Syria. And, if such intervention were being contemplated, it is absolutely necessary that Congress give any such authority to the president. No president, Republican or Democrat, has the unilateral power to take our nation to war without the authority of the legislature.

Rand Paul: Romney's wrong on Middle East, defense spending - CNN.com

Unfortunately Rand is still trying to bamboozle people into supporting Romney with his first paragraph, but he does make some valid points. If only he had made the point more forcefully that Romney is essentially wanting to do in Syria exactly what Obama did in Libya.