[Mozilla]

Video of the Rand Paul Speech:
http://www.therightscoop.com/1100-am-watch-live-senator-rand-paul-on-conservative-foreign-policy/#disqus_thread

[GraceG]

Normally I am against sons rebelling against their fathers, but in this case I will take what I can get.

[svcw]

hum? Will “Rand” be different than “Ron” time will tell, however haven’t seen much difference so far.

Unfortunately, “Ron” is ignorant of the federal role in protection of the USA and our history fighting islam.

[Stepan12]

“I am a realist, not a neoconservative, nor an isolationist,” Paul began in his opening remarks at the Heritage Foundation.

IMHO Dr. Rand Paul sounds pretty good.

[Stepan12]

Isolationism doesn't work now because the Islamic horde is looking for us even if we...mind our own business

Neo Consevatism also leaves much to be desired because not all peoples desire democracy or use the democracy they get for salutory ends; e.g., Egypt and Syria. Not all people desire freedom -- especialy in the Middle East.

Realism -- authentic realism not appeasement of Arabs -- sounds pretty good to me.

[rmlew]

Containment is a start. Paul does not explain how to contain Islamism. He repeats the Paulite and communist lie that the US armed Bin Laden. He forgets that Reagan supported ROLLBACK, not containment. He forgets that arming native Afghans (not MAK) was part of this. Still, this is a worthy debate.