Thank you, Rand Paul

[question everything]

" Every time we have toppled a secular dictator, we have gotten chaos, the rise of radical Islam, and we’re more at risk. So, I think we need to think before we act, and know most interventions, if not a lot of them in the Middle East, have actually backfired on us. "

I was waiting for someone to raise this issue. When candidates are asked whether, knowing what they know now they would have supported the Iraq War, the question, really, should be about toppling secular dictators. Saddam Hussein, Husni Mubarak, even Muammar Gaddafi.

[kelliekat44]

1. I don't even like the guy but he won the debate INMHO last night. Next was Christie (whom i despise

and third would be Pataki. But, then, I am a pragmatic Dem.

[question everything]

2. Indeed. This is what the Nation wrote

 Unlike Trump, Rand Paul Actually Made Some Sensible Points During the Debate

http://www.thenation.com/article/rand-paul-made-some-of-the-few-sensible-points-of-the-whole-debate/

 Paul distinguished himself with coherent questioning of mass incarceration, calls for criminal-justice reform, and aggressive referencing of the injustices that extend from a failed drug war. The senator from Kentucky had one of the best moments of the debate when, during a back-and-forth over Jeb Bush’s youthful inhaling of marijuana, Paul put things into perspective for the former Florida governor: “Kids who have privilege like you do don’t go to jail. But the poor kids in the inner city still go to jail.”

 “I’ve made my career as an opponent of the Iraq War,” declared the senator, who reminded the crowd that “The Iraq War backfired and did not help us.”

 Those lines did not earn Paul a lot of applause Wednesday night. This Grand Old Party does not well remember—nor respect—the wisdom of Dwight Eisenhower’s warnings about a military-industrial complex or the example of “old-right” Republicans who opposed military adventurism.

 While others spoke of putting boots back on the ground in the Middle East, he dissented, saying, “The first war was a mistake and I am not sending our sons and daughters back to Iraq.”

[questionseverything]

3. his point about jailing parents of a child needing mmj was spot on too

over 70% of the country wants mmj to be legal and a choice between doctors and patients , i wonder if the democratic party will ever catch up

[mainer]

4. Sorta sad when the only one who makes sense is the libertarian.

But yes, he did make sense.