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Sen. Rand Paul argues against U.S. arming Syrian rebels on Senate Floor (prepared remarks)
Office of Senator Rand Paul ^ | Sept. 18, 2014 | Sen. Rand Paul

Posted on 09/18/2014 2:08:18 PM PDT by Plummz

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To: Jim Robinson

Set off a small battlefield nuke on the ISIS HQ or on Mosul. Claim irrefutable satellite proof that Iran did it. Show maps and Satellite pix in the UN. Bomb hell out of Iran- destroy the country’s infrastructure, military, economy. Colonize the oil in Iran, Arabia, Iraq, and the Emirates and Qatar with no compensation to the host countries. Jihadists around the world will take note. Arabs will rapidly relapse into the torpor of the first half or the 20th century.


21 posted on 09/18/2014 3:22:08 PM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE http://steshaw.org/economics-in-one-lesson/)
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So now we have to fly them over here and arm them on the Senate floor. Dumb move, but generally, Paul is right. Arming the Syrian rebels arms ISIS (ISIL, or IL, whatever).


22 posted on 09/18/2014 3:28:36 PM PDT by SgtHooper (Anyone who remembers the 60's, wasn't there!)
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To: Jim Robinson

You are correct. Was is hell. There is no other way to fight than to completely pummel your foe into submission.
Containment will never work. Unless the ROE are changed, there should be no action.


23 posted on 09/18/2014 3:33:16 PM PDT by griswold3 (I was born here in America. I will die here in a third world country. Obama succeeded.)
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To: Plummz

Any US airstrikes in Iraq are collateral damage from a diversion. Prince Obie is dead set on driving Assad out of power so IS, ISIL, ISIS will have a home base from which to spread their terror.


24 posted on 09/18/2014 3:36:35 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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To: Plummz

Was in the Senate Gallery watching his speech today. It was incredible! Great points, logical speech, really makes sense.


25 posted on 09/18/2014 5:50:36 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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All conservative except Dean Heller. Mostly liberal Democrats on the D side.
Best vote Ed Markey has made apart from his present vote on bombing Assad.

John Barrasso R WY
Mark Begich D AK
Sherrod Brown D OH
Tom Coburn R OK
Michael D. Crapo R ID
Ted Cruz R TX
Michael B. Enzi R WY
Kirsten E. Gillibrand D NY
Dean Heller R NV
Patrick J. Leahy D VT
Mike Lee R UT
Joe Manchin III D WV
Edward J. Markey D MA
Jerry Moran R KS
Christopher S. Murphy D CT
Rand Paul R KY
Jim Risch R ID
Pat Roberts R KS
Bernard Sanders I VT
Jeff Sessions R AL
Elizabeth Warren D MA


26 posted on 09/18/2014 7:47:30 PM PDT by ObamahatesPACoal
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Looks like Marco Rubio sided with Harry Reid & Obama on this one.


27 posted on 09/18/2014 8:48:36 PM PDT by Plummz (pro-constitution, anti-corruption)
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Rand Slams Congress for Funding Egypt's Generals: 'How Does Your Conscience Feel Now?'
Sen. Rand Paul is hammering his fellow senators for keeping billions in financial aid flowing to Egypt's military -- even as Cairo's security forces massacre anti-government activists. [by "anti-government activists" is meant church-burning Christian-murdering jihadists]
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28 posted on 09/20/2014 1:57:36 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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ISIS has grabbed up U.S., Saudi, Qatari weapons by the truckload and we are now forced to fight against our own weapons.
How? Do we have boots on the ground? More transparent lies from the Democrat in all but name.
29 posted on 09/20/2014 2:00:12 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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