Dr. Rand Paul on Foreign Policy

[fuadh93]

hmmm i don't like his stance on foreign policy. he still gives way too much power to the president. he should listen to his father. president does not have authority to act unilaterally. and no, the only problem with afghanistan was not that we didn't go in soon enough, but that we went in AT ALL. being there does not solve ANYTHING.

[alistairproductions]

he should not say what the ron paul movement WAS about. It's what it IS about. It's what your daddy STILL DOES

[audioX1]

he means the campaign obviously

[amandamoorewtp]

When Jefferson made that statement, there weren't any nuclear warheads on missles with the capacity to reach across the continents. We need a strong military force. we should be in strategic areas and we should be a gentle giant. Deterent to war is kin to deterent to being robbed or raped... if you have the ability to kick their butts, you don't get robbed or raped.

[pbdunl]

Yeah, civilian defense forces in lieu of enormous professional armies don't work at all! I mean, just look at Switzerland, they have a militia and they've been invaded so many times they're almost a third world country!

Oh wait, actually they're the happiest, most prosperous, and most secure nation in Europe, and haven't fought a war in over 200 years. So much for that theory.

[Jononutoob]

@amandamoorewtp

If we dont piss them off then they wont try to kill us. You can have armed men in a nation and remain gentle giants. It doesnt work that way.

[amandamoorewtp]

GO Rand GO!!!

[DobermansRock]

To heck with the senate. Lets vote this guy for next President...

[xbones101]

I'm in Kentucky too and he'll have my vote!

[m3L0d]

I live in Kentucky and will be voting for him and do some activism to help spread the word around here.

[CauseAndEffectPost]

Don't get me wrong, I DEFINITELY want to see Rand in the Senate but his foreign policy views seem a little wishy washy. I know you can't get elected being a purist these days but a large standing army is what's led to all this imperialism of the last 100 years. If the government has a large military force, it doesn't matter if you have a "less expansive" policy, the politicians will look for a way to use it. It's the very reason Jefferson opposed a standing army in favor of local militia.

[RonnieJamesreamer]

There would be no way to get elected running on a policy of dismantling our standing army. There might be a small amount of support for that, but we're talking 5% maybe. As long as we are a "United Union of States" we'll have a standing army. Jefferson had no problem sending his standing "navy" to fight the barbary pirates!

[atrickpay11]

causeandeffect: you're right that he is weak on foreign policy. At 2:44 he states that he "probably would have voted for war with Afghanistan"! Yikes.

[sageofsuccess]

Audio is terrible.

[RandPaulsupporter]

Yes, the quality isn't anything to write home about. I can't take credit for it, as I have ripped this from a CD. Thanks for watching.

[xdscast]

oh snaps, its his son! dont I feel stupid.

[BIackOp]

lol... ya like father like son...

[xdscast]

This video is old as hell. Damn, he was a handsome man back in the day.

[RandPaulsupporter]

Video is from 3-19-2009.

[parquar]

@RandPaulsupporter he's probably joking pretending it's Ron Paul in the video

[Organjic]

Vote Rand Paul!