Rand Paul wants future SofS to 'understand historical significance of the failure in Iraq'

[jct74]

Rand Paul wants future secretary of state to 'understand historical significance of the failure in Iraq'

By LAURA CASTRO
11/28/16




Sen. Rand Paul says he wants a secretary of state who agrees with President-elect Trump's non-interventionist views on the Middle East, unlike several high-profile possibilities under consideration.

"What I want is somebody who understands that the Iraq war was a mistake, that nation building has been a mistake and that regime change has been a mistake," the Kentucky senator said Monday to CNN's Wolf Blitzer. "These are things that Donald Trump has expressed and I believe and agree with completely."

Paul, a libertarian-leaning Republican who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, expressed distate for Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City, and John Bolton, the former ambassador to the United Nations. He said he doubts Giuliani and Bolton "have come to understood the historical significance" of the mistake of the Iraq war.

Asked about Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican nominee, Paul vowed to question the former Massachusetts governor on that issue if Romney is selected for secretary of state.

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[osan]

Hate to say it, but Rand is gumming in vain. These people are not stupid. I think they know precisely such things. They don't care because there is some interest in involving the USA in such squalid and deleterious affairs.

[timosman]

Hate to say it, but Rand is gumming in vain. These people are not stupid. I think they know precisely such things. They don't care because there is some interest in involving the USA in such squalid and deleterious affairs.

moolah

[helenpaul]

Lets hope we learned a valuable lesson.