NoTeaPartyPleez
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Who do you agree with?
SEN. RAND PAUL:
I think the same questions could be asked of those who supported the Iraq War. You know, were they right in their predictions? Were there weapons of mass destruction there? Thats what the war was sold on. Was democracy easily achievable? Was the war won in 2005, when many of these people said it was won? They didnt really, I think, understand the civil war that would break out. And whats going on now -- I dont blame on President Obama. Has he really got the solution? Maybe there is no solution. But I do blame the Iraq War on the chaos that is in the Middle East. I also blame those who are for the Iraq War for emboldening Iran. These are the same people now who are petrified of what Iran may become, and I understand some of their worry.
Cheney,
a leading advocate of military action in Iraq during the presidency of George W. Bush, hit back sharply against Paul's warnings about too much U.S. military action overseas.
"If we spend our time debating what happened 11 or 12 years ago, we're going to miss the threat that is growing and that we do face. Rand Paul, with all due respect, is basically an isolationist. He doesn't believe we ought to be involved in that part of the world. I think it's absolutely essential,"
"What I would do now," he said, "is, among other things, be realistic about the nature of the threat. When we're arguing over 300 advisers when the request had been for 20,000 in order to do the job right, I'm not sure we've really addressed the problem. I would definitely be helping the resistance up in Syria, in ISIS's back yard, with training and weapons and so forth, in order to be able to do a more effective job on that end of the party."
Dick Cheney and Rand Paul clash over Iraq - The Washington Post
I agree with Rand Paul, I would like to see what everybody regardless of political persuasion thinks, but I am particularly interested in what and who conservative republicans on this forum favor.
Ah, the choice between a flea & a louse; neither.
Except that history has proven Paul to be right and Cheney to be wrong. Give credit where credit is due.