Rand Paul: I oppose both Rudy Giuliani and John Bolton for secretary of state

[SirLinksALot]

SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN

URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/15/rand-paul-rudy-giuliani-john-bolton-secretary-of-state-trump

by: Ben Jacobs and Spencer Ackerman


Senator Rand Paul reiterated his opposition to both former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani and former UN ambassador John Bolton as secretary of state in an interview with the Guardian on Tuesday.

The interview follows an op-ed in Rare, an online conservative publication, where Paul condemned Bolton as “out of touch”.

The Kentucky senator grounded his opposition in the importance that Donald Trump “pick people who agree with his foreign policy”. Trump repeatedly argued on the campaign trail that the Iraq war was a mistake and condemned what he saw as an overly interventionist foreign policy from Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. As Paul phrased it, Trump was “standing up not just to Woodrow Wilson” but also “a whole line of neocons in both parties”, and the senator believed such policies were “a big part” of Trump’s campaign.

Paul, who serves on the Senate foreign relations committee, insisted “there is no way I could vote for someone who is an unrepentant supporter of the Iraq war and regime change. I think that is a disaster for the country. It has made us less safe and so categorically I can’t support anybody that supports regime change.”

He noted in particular that Bolton, who wrote an op-ed in support of bombing Iran in 2015, was one of the biggest cheerleaders for the Iraq war and pointed out that Giuliani agreed with the former UN ambassador on Iran.

Instead, Paul suggested Senate foreign relations committee chair Bob Corker as an alternative. He’s “much more of a realist, not likely to be loading the bombs to go to Iran tomorrow”. In contrast, he suggested that Bolton’s hawkish stance was perhaps because he was trying to “assuage guilt” over “not serving in combat”.

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[TomSea]

" Paul suggested Senate foreign relations committee chair Bob Corker as an alternative. He’s “much more of a realist, not likely to be loading the bombs to go to Iran tomorrow”."

Corker is being considered for a position, maybe Rand is right.

[Lando Lincoln]

Agree with him or not, Senator Paul explains his reasoning.

[Resp3]

If Rand is wrangling for a position in the Trump administration; he better be careful now of who he supports and doesn't support.

He'd be better off keeping his mouth shut now.

[SirLinksALot]

" Paul suggested Senate foreign relations committee chair Bob Corker as an alternative. He’s “much more of a realist, not likely to be loading the bombs to go to Iran tomorrow”."

Corker is being considered for a position, maybe Rand is right.

Corker was the one who actually made the Iran Deal Possible. Be careful what you wish for.