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John Bolton Reminds Us Why Rand Paul Was Right to Block Him From Becoming Secretary of State
based politics ^ | July 13 | Jack Hunter

Posted on 07/16/2022 5:12:07 PM PDT by RandFan

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To: RandFan
Bolton - thought he was a good guy. Almost all of Reagan's men were good guys. Bolton turned out to be a kind of war monger I guess.

that the Iraq war was a mistake

Always nice to clarify WHICH Iraq war.

The GHWBush "Desert Storm" of the 90's seemed legit enough and little collateral damage or lingering effects.

The GWBush Iraq invasion and war of the 2000's was a complete disaster completely manufactured by our's truly Dubya himself.

Was Bolton actively in favor of the 2000's debacle? If so, he is a loon. A blind man could see how phony that invasion was and its corrupt motives were confirmed by how miserable the ever-lingering consequences were.

regime change made us less safe in the Middle East, including in Iraq

What regime change?

21 posted on 07/16/2022 6:35:27 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: ought-six
As for Rand Paul, I have always liked him, and have always respected him (though I did not always agree with him); I respected him because he was honest about where he was coming from.

Precisely!
22 posted on 07/16/2022 6:35:29 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Let’s go Brandon!)
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Sarah Palin was against him when she appeared on Life, Liberty & Levin.


23 posted on 07/16/2022 6:39:42 PM PDT by TakebackGOP
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To: ought-six

I like Rand but his foreign policy mindset is way too rigid and isolationist.

Seems like Trump handled the foreign policy as well as any could. I think Rand would be a disaster in that role.

I think Rand is a good stalwart Constitutionalist where he is. We need more like him in D.C. who treat the Constitution, as written and originally intended and understood, as the Supreme Law of the Land.


24 posted on 07/16/2022 6:43:03 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Jim W N

“I like Rand but his foreign policy mindset is way too rigid and isolationist. Seems like Trump handled the foreign policy as well as any could. I think Rand would be a disaster in that role.”

Rand Paul is a senator, not a national security advisor, nor is he in the State Department. He is great where he is. Though, I’d kind of like to see him at Treasury!

“I think Rand is a good stalwart Constitutionalist where he is. We need more like him in D.C. who treat the Constitution, as written and originally intended and understood, as the Supreme Law of the Land.”

Absolutely.


25 posted on 07/16/2022 6:47:54 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: TakebackGOP; BigEdLB; Forward the Light Brigade; Bullish; TChad

I like Rand but his foreign policy mindset is way too rigid and isolationist.

Seems like Trump handled the foreign policy as well as any could. I think Rand would be a disaster in that role.

I think Rand is a good stalwart, principled, and honest Constitutionalist where he is. We need more like him in D.C. who treat the Constitution, as written and originally intended and understood, as the Supreme Law of the Land.


26 posted on 07/16/2022 6:48:45 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: RandFan

Bolton is a two-faced SOB. No loyalty. He’s always in it for only himself.


27 posted on 07/16/2022 7:57:51 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (First, they stole our elections. Then, they stole our country.)
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To: Bullish

I’ll stand up with you. He took me for a sucker too. He was a good fraudster.


28 posted on 07/16/2022 7:59:38 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (First, they stole our elections. Then, they stole our country.)
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To: Jim W N

Rand’s foreign policy is off, but his domestic views are stellar. The Senate is the best place for him


29 posted on 07/16/2022 8:27:27 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Let’s go Brandon!)
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To: RandFan

Wow! The difference in tone here is AMAZING! (amazingly better)

Donald Trump did more for the Republican Party than anyone I can remember (including Reagan, though that is a HIGH bar!), by exposing the fact that neocons are just statist/socialists who like war (and the profits that come from it).

This was almost a religious heresy here on FR back thru the prior two decades. (Yes, I lurked). It was not a position that was even tolerated, much less endorsed.

It is so nice to see the golden dawn of TRUE conservatism, which, at the core, means minding our own business and letting others mind theirs. If that perspective ever catches on in America (coupled with a genuine Christian revival), we will have another “golden age” of the Republic.

One can wish, can’t they? /smile


30 posted on 07/17/2022 3:36:24 AM PDT by tanstaafl.72555
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To: BigEdLB

Exactly how I feel about him.

I wish somehow he could more strongly advance the idea of reinstating the Constitution as the Supreme Law of the Land as the key to restoring our Free Constitutional Republic.


32 posted on 07/17/2022 6:29:33 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: antceecee

I’d really love to see President Paul.


33 posted on 07/17/2022 8:19:54 AM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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