Rand Paul explains vote for Iran sanctions
Originally Posted by RonPaulMall
Well I'm glad that's cleared up.
Of course, I couldn't disagree with him more, but at least the speculation will stop.
Can't sum it up for us?
I think the speculation now is whether he truly believes it will do some good or whether he did it to be a team player.
He said that he supports sanctions because he wants to do "something" rather than "nothing." He basically said that he takes a middle position of supporting sanctions against Iran but not war.
Good point. I'll guess team player judging by the way he answered.
Yes, that's his explanation. I, for one, accept it.
On the other hand, I would urge Rand to always consider the economic and crony capitalist motivations that also come into play. In other words, this specific sanction strengthens the Fed.
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Seems like a political move more than an ideological one. Democrats do this stuff all the time on "national defense" as de call it.
Yeah, every single Democrat in the Senate voted for the sanctions as well. And they're supposed to be the "anti war" party.
Rand has the right idea about the danger Iran poses once they obtain nuclear weapons.
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