EXCLUSIVE: Ron Paul Says Obama Supported ISIS But He’s Still Better Than Bush
ALEX PFEIFFER
12/29/2016
Former Republican Texas Congressman Ron Paul told The Daily Caller Thursday that the United States has been supporting the Islamic State, but he still thinks President Barack Obama has had a better foreign policy than former President George W. Bush.
The former Texas congressman said that the U.S. abroad isn’t a “peacemaker” and is instead too often a “mischief makers.” Former Rep. Paul was a fierce critic of Bush’s foreign policy and was one of six Republicans to have voted against the House resolution authorizing military action against Iraq.
Paul told TheDC that President Obama’s foreign policy has been better than Bush’s, “although it is miserable.” He added, “One thing I use is how many Americans died engaged in war during eight years of Bush versus Obama.”
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Two things that Paul liked that the happened under Obama were improved relations with Iran and Cuba. He said, “What he did with Iran is fantastic.”
But he was cautious not to praise the president too much and criticized his policy in Syria. He said that in order to defeat Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Obama had to “ally with the Islamic State.”
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Paul has not been known for being a pro-Israel politician, but he came out against Secretary of State John Kerry’s Thursday speech in which he attacked Israeli settlement building in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
“It’s an unnecessary mess,” former Rep. Paul told TheDC. “As a libertarian, we avoid these kind of things because you always have to pick sides, individuals can pick sides, but a country shouldn’t go in there and decide what is best.”
He said that that Middle Eastern peace won’t be able to be settled by “outsiders,” and that he likes the “idea of being more neutral on this but the emotions are so high, you can’t possibly win.”
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