Rand Paul Flip-Flops Again On ISIS, Now Says Iraq And Turkey Should Do All The Fighting

Posted by | September 4, 2014 08:13 | Filed under: Bob Cesca Contributors Opinion Politics War & Peace

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is, in the writer’s opinion, a national joke, and anyone who thinks he’d make a swell president needs to pay a little more attention to the, you know, news. Yesterday, we reported the freshman senator’s latest in a bottomless cup of flip-flops in which he said, on the record, that he’d intervene militarily against the Islamic State, aka ISIS. Prior to being obviously hawkish, Paul condemned Hillary Clinton for being a hawk on the Middle East. Now he’s backpedaling on his flirtation with intervention. Surprise, surprise. Let’s review.

We’re all familiar with his attempt to outflank Hillary Clinton to her left by characterizing her as a hawk, both on Meet the Press, August 24, and in The Wall Street Journal, August 28.

Back in June, Rand Paul had serious reservations about air-strikes against ISIS forces in Iraq.

What would airstrikes accomplish? We know that Iran is aiding the Iraqi government against ISIS. Do we want to, in effect, become Iran’s air force? What’s in this for Iran? Why should we choose a side, and if we do, who are we really helping?

But on Tuesday, after news broke about a second beheading of an American journalist by ISIS terrorists, Rand Paul said:

In an emailed comment… Paul elaborated by saying: “If I were President, I would call a joint session of Congress. I would lay out the reasoning of why ISIS is a threat to our national security and seek congressional authorization to destroy ISIS militarily.”

That brings us to Wednesday… CONTINUE READING

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By: Bob Cesca

Bob Cesca is the managing editor at The Daily Banter (www.thedailybanter.com) and a Huffington Post contributor since 2005. He's worked in journalism since 1988 as a print writer/editor, a radio news anchor, a digital media columnist/editor, a book author and blogger. He's the co-host of the Bubble Genius Bob & Chez Show podcast and a Thursday regular on the syndicated Stephanie Miller Show. He's appeared on numerous other radio shows including the John Phillips Show and Geraldo Rivera Show in Los Angeles. Bob has been a commentator/analyst on the BBC (TV and radio), MSNBC, Current TV, CNN and Sky News. Following him on Twitter: @bobcesca_go

2 responses to Rand Paul Flip-Flops Again On ISIS, Now Says Iraq And Turkey Should Do All The Fighting

  1. Tommy6860 September 4th, 2014 at 16:52

    Paul is literally like a fish out of water with all of this flip-flopping. Does anyone even think this idiot actually has any one position on which he really stands firm?

  2. Tommy6860 September 4th, 2014 at 16:52

    Paul is literally like a fish out of water with all of this flip-flopping. Does anyone even think this idiot actually has any one position on which he really stands firm?

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