Sen. Rand Paul to Promote "Founders' Vision of Foreign Policy" (The New American)

[Constitutional Paulicy]

Sen. Rand Paul to Promote "Founders' Vision of Foreign Policy"
Written by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D.

On February 6, Senator Paul will deliver a message to the Heritage Foundation entitled “Restoring the Founders’ Vision of Foreign Policy.”

In an outline of the speech provided to The New American in advance of the meeting, Paul says he plans to describe “his vision of a foreign policy that respects the plain language of our Constitution, the legal powers of Congress and the important role of a strong presidency.” He will also emphasize the importance of “maintaining the strongest national defense among nations while also questioning what constitutes actual ‘defense.’”

more here..... http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews...foreign-policy

[supermario21]

Looks like an end to the war machine...good stuff.

[Traditional Conservative]

That sounds good. Maybe he's heard some of the criticism from some of his previous foreign policy comments.

[talkingpointes]

How does this mesh with the "the us should retaliate if anyone attacks Israel."?

[FSP-Rebel]

How does this mesh with the "the us should retaliate if anyone attacks Israel."?

The just of what he was saying that some won't accept is that an attack on Israel would be seen as an attack on the US.

[LibertyEagle]

That sounds good. Maybe he's heard some of the criticism from some of his previous foreign policy comments.

I think it is more likely that some of the criticizers jumped the gun. But, time will tell.

[phill4paul]

The just of what he was saying that some won't accept is that an attack on Israel would be seen as an attack on the US.

“Well, absolutely we stand with Israel,” he said, “but what I think we should do is announce to the world – and I think it is pretty well known — that any attack on Israel will be treated as an attack on the United States.”

He thinks it should be announced to the world.

[jcannon98188]

“Well, absolutely we stand with Israel,” he said, “but what I think we should do is announce to the world – and I think it is pretty well known — that any attack on Israel will be treated as an attack on the United States.”

He thinks it should be announced to the world.

Yeah I am tired of the rand paul spin docters trying to make us look like the bad guy from that statement. Rand clearly states that in HIS OPINION and attack on israel is an attack on us. That is NOT the founder FP AT ALL

[klamath]

I am sure that if Rand would have told the Israeli/and Arabs that they need to work it out themselves RP would have said Rand encouraged the inevitable war.

[Traditional Conservative]

He thinks it should be announced to the world.

He thinks it should be announced to the world because it would be a deterrent against any country invading Israel. He thinks that it would be less likely that Israel would get attacked by another country if that country realizes that they would have to go up against the strongest military in the world. So he basically thinks that by saying that it will serve as a deterrent and keep the Middle East more stable.