August 12, 2015, 03:37 pm
Ron Paul: Jeb Bush proposing 'more war'
Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) on Wednesday panned a major foreign policy speech from Jeb Bush, suggesting the Republican presidential candidate is proposing "more war."
Paul remarked during his "Liberty Report" program that Bush's speech in California the previous night was meant primarily to "straighten out all his mixed-up statements” on Iraq.
"So it looks like he's home free. He doesn't have to worry about criticizing his brother or his dad for getting us involved in this mess," Paul said, noting the former Florida governor criticized President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, now a Democratic presidential candidate, in his speech.
"You probably will agree that his answers are not too much leaning toward peace but it looks like to more war," Paul said to the executive director of his institute, who also appeared in the video.
Paul, whose son Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is a rival to Bush for the 2016 GOP nomination, included a tweet promoting his remarks that shows a photo of Bush with his arms around his brother, former President George W. Bush.
Jeb Bush went after Obama and Clinton during his Tuesday speech, saying both "stood by as hard-won victory by American and allied forces was thrown away."
"He's trying to rewrite history and redo this and take the same policy that has been a total failure and routed Republicans in '08. This is why we have Obama," Ron Paul said Wednesday.
Ron Paul, a vocal non-interventionist, mocked certain proposals from Bush, such as declaring a no-fly zone in Syria and calling for more U.S. troops to be embedded with Iraqi forces.
"And of course the Democrats have allowed the military to collapse. They have to rebuild the military," he added.
"Same old cliches, and of course the world is a dangerous place and ISIS is the danger," Paul said, referring to Bush's call for a tougher strategy to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
Originally Posted by Ron Paul
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