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re: Rand Paul nails it on Iraq then & now
Posted on 6/20/14 at 10:56 am to trackfan
Posted on 6/20/14 at 10:56 am to trackfan
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He was doing good until he held up Reagan as an example to be emulated, lest we forget his Mideast screw-ups. IMO, Bush 41 was the best foreign policy President in my lifetime, both in the Mideast and elsewhere.
so true. He had me for most of the speech. I notice he said "Bush officials" instead of Republicans, but I gave him a pass for a bit of partisanship. Then he said we should emulate Reagan and I was like 
Hindsight being 20/20, what should have been done in Egypt, Syria, etc?
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Posted on 6/20/14 at 11:13 am to mmcgrath
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Hindsight being 20/20, what should have been done in Egypt, Syria, etc?
IMO, the U.S. shouldn't get involved in Arab internal affairs. They should be able to fight their civil wars and settle their political disputes without outside interference just like we've done in the past. I'm okay with encouraging them to embrace democracy with soft power, but never with hard power.
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