Rand believes in going to war only by a congressional declaration, not by an authorization given to the executive to choose wars as he desires.
And he also believes in the idea of "blowback", where we create more enemies than we eliminate via our interventionism around the world.
This was one of the biggest issues republicans had with Ron. He was chastized for this idea, but now with Rand it's ok?
Sorry guys, Rand and Ron are close enough on foreign policy that there's no much of a distinction to speak of. Certainly not enough to vote for one, but not the other.
Rand hasn't said anything insane like "closing down our foreign bases", which would not only weaken our security, but that of our allies. That absoluetly is NOT an option. Not in todays twisted world.
And if you provide proof that he has said anything like that, it would definitely give me second thoughts about him.
Btw buddy, off topic, how about Mcnabb?.....Good thing or bad for the Eagles?
Personally, I think it's a good thing. What are your fellow Eagle fanatics thinking way over in your neck of the woods?
By having an unfavorable view of interventionism, he is obviously speaking about things like establishing bases overseas. Even the founders warned against entangling alliances.
We build bases and embassies in the Islamic world, and we don't expect that to generate new hatred? Whatever though. Rand is for term limits and has promised only sitting for 2 terms. So I don't expect him to pander.
I expect him to demonstrate where his non-interventionist beliefs actually lie, and trust me, they're there. Maybe not QUITE as much as his fathers, but he and his father agree on a lot of foreign policy issues. I've heard plenty of Rand speeches from years ago during Ron's campaign, some of them in person at rallies.
Rand will not be handing the executive a blank check to go build nations and fight wars of choice.
On Mcnabb, I'm relieved. I also thought we did really well in the draft. I expect an exciting season.