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11-29-2016, 04:50 PM
Rand Paul: Trump should pick a secretary of state who understands that Iraq was a debacle
By Sen. Rand Paul
November 28, 2016
Donald Trump should pick someone to be his secretary of state who will advocate for Donald Trump’s views on foreign policy. That sounds simple, but the mix of candidates bandied about by the media includes several who don’t share the president-elect’s worldview.
Trump has been clear and consistent about his opposition to the Iraq War and to regime change. The media never really understood and still largely doesn’t understand the significance of Trump’s grasping our failures in the Middle East.
The media, never shy from engaging in the petty, obsessed over when exactly Trump opposed the Iraq War instead of exposing the stark differences between Trump’s worldview and Clinton’s worldview. Clinton’s regret over her support for the Iraq invasion seemed more contrived than heartfelt. She certainly never really grasped the historical lesson of Iraq, that regime change often leads to unintended and undesirable outcomes.
Iran is stronger and more of a menace because of the Iraq War. Iraq became a vacuum and then a sectarian-divided country closely aligned with Iran. If Clinton ever absorbed this lesson, it was not apparent given her continued advocacy for regime change in Libya and Syria.
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read more:
http://rare.us/story/rand-paul-trump-should-pick-a-secretary-of-state-who-understands-that-iraq-was-a-debacle/
By Sen. Rand Paul
November 28, 2016
Donald Trump should pick someone to be his secretary of state who will advocate for Donald Trump’s views on foreign policy. That sounds simple, but the mix of candidates bandied about by the media includes several who don’t share the president-elect’s worldview.
Trump has been clear and consistent about his opposition to the Iraq War and to regime change. The media never really understood and still largely doesn’t understand the significance of Trump’s grasping our failures in the Middle East.
The media, never shy from engaging in the petty, obsessed over when exactly Trump opposed the Iraq War instead of exposing the stark differences between Trump’s worldview and Clinton’s worldview. Clinton’s regret over her support for the Iraq invasion seemed more contrived than heartfelt. She certainly never really grasped the historical lesson of Iraq, that regime change often leads to unintended and undesirable outcomes.
Iran is stronger and more of a menace because of the Iraq War. Iraq became a vacuum and then a sectarian-divided country closely aligned with Iran. If Clinton ever absorbed this lesson, it was not apparent given her continued advocacy for regime change in Libya and Syria.
...
read more:
http://rare.us/story/rand-paul-trump-should-pick-a-secretary-of-state-who-understands-that-iraq-was-a-debacle/