Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Rand Paul: War Monger

An op-ed written by Rand Paul, published in Time:

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is a gross violation of that nation’s sovereignty and an affront to the international community. His continuing occupation of Ukraine is completely unacceptable, and Russia’s President should be isolated for his actions.

It is America’s duty to condemn these actions in no uncertain terms. It is our role as a global leader to be the strongest nation in opposing Russia’s latest aggression.

Putin must be punished for violating the Budapest Memorandum, and Russia must learn that the U.S. will isolate it if it insists on acting like a rogue nation.

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It is important that Russia become economically isolated until all its forces are removed from Crimea and Putin pledges to act in accordance with the international standards of behavior that respect the rights of free people everywhere.

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The real problem is that Russia’s President is not currently fearful or threatened in any way by America’s President, despite his country’s blatant aggression.

But let me be clear: If I were President, I wouldn’t let Vladimir Putin get away with it.

1 comment:

  1. Yeah, he's no Ron Paul on foreign policy. His father says the Ukraine is none of our business. Hard to figure what he's trying to do here. Just exploiting right-wing hatred of Obama, I suppose, but it's not a strategy that will win him the GOP nomination in 2016. He sounds here almost as loony as John McCain. And if we aren't supposed to be the world's policeman, Rand, why care about who controls Crimea?

    And then he throws in the Keystone pipeline and the national debt. Rand Paul currently is the best the Republicans can offer, so 2016 looks like anther hopeless election year.

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