I suspect his beliefs are the same as they always were, he just doesn't have to not do addict his father anymore
On Friday, February 8, 2013, plainolamerican wrote: > Kagan, a jew, doesn't put much trust into the islamaphobic, xian, > neocon, Rand Paul. > Paul does seem to be slipping into the radical religious right > rapidly. > Oh well, just another DC politician bought and paid for. > > On Feb 8, 11:30 am, Bruce Majors <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > wrote: > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/robert-kagan-rand-pauls-conven... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Friday, February 8, 2013, plainolamerican wrote: > > > His new allies are the folks he recently traveled with to Israel, a > > > gaggle of born-again fundamentalists active in the American Family > > > Association: the Mississippi-based AFA is one of the more extreme > > > Christian Right groups, whose spokesmen have said "the jihadists on > > > 9/11 were the agents of God’s wrath in order to get our attention as a > > > people,” and likened gays to Nazis. > > > --- > > > Rand will be political history soon enough. > > > > > On Feb 8, 7:50 am, MJ <[email protected] <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > Rand Paul’s War Against “Radical Islam”byJustin Raimondo, February > 08, > > > 2013 > > > > Sen. Rand Paulwantsto be taken seriously -- as apresidential > candidate, > > > as heir to the energetic youth-orientedmovementfounded by his father, > and > > > as a foreign policy Deep Thinker. This last goal was supposed to have > been > > > approached, if not reached, by his much-anticipated foreign > > > policyspeechdelivered at the Heritage Foundation the other day, which > was > > > supposed to give wonkish heft to his presidential ambitions. > > > > Barely twenty minutes long, Sen. Paul’s peroration was two thirds > Glenn > > > Beck, and one third Robert Taft -- with a dash of George Kennan thrown > in > > > for good measure. Right off the bat, however, he made the point he > wanted > > > to make:I am not my father. To which one can only add:you can say that > > > again. > > > > "Foreign policy," averred Paul the Younger, "is uniquely an arena > where > > > we should base decisions on the landscape of the world as it is . . . > not > > > as we wish it to be. I see the world as it is. I am a realist, not a > > > neoconservative, nor an isolationist." > > > > What is telling about his opening shot is how deftly he utilizes the > > > language of the War Party to define -- and restrict -- the parameters > of > > > the foreign policy debate. As paleoconservative foreign policy analyst > > > Daniel Larison has tirelesslypointed out, there is no such thing as > > > "isolationism" in American politics: not today, not yesterday, and not > > > ever. No one believes the US should isolate itself from the world and > turn > > > this country -- connected to the rest of the globe by innumerable ties > of > > > trade, sympathy, and kinship -- into the Western equivalent of the > Hermit > > > Kingdom. "Isolationism" is anepithetrather than a description of > anyone’s > > > real views, meant to stifle discussion rather than advance it. > > > > Rand Paul surely knows this. He’s heard his fatherdeny and deridethe > > > "isolationist" label, no doubtthousands of times, and so his choice of > > > words may seem distinctly odd. It is, instead, a calculated effort to > > > banish the looming image of the elder Paul, the nation’s > > > leadingnon-interventionist, from the room, and he does so right off the > > > bat. Indeed, the entire speech -- and, come to think of it, his entire > > > political career since being elected to the Senate -- could be summed > up in > > > five words:I am not my father! > > > > This rhetorical patricide accomplished, he pressed onward -- and > > > downward:"When candidate John McCain argued in 2007 that we should > remain > > > in Iraq for 100 years, I blanched and wondered what the unintended > > > consequences of prolonged occupation would be. But McCain’s call for a > > > hundred year occupation does capture some truth: that the West is in > for a > > > long, irregular confrontation not with terrorism, which is simply a > tactic, > > > but with Radical Islam."Writing about this trope inThe American > > > Conservative, Larison confessed he was "puzzled" by the reference to > > > "Radical Islam," and went on to point out in his best pedagogical > manner > > > why this glosses over the very real differences between the goals and > > > methods of competing jihadist groups: it is a generalization so > diffuse as > > > to be devoid of meaning. The result, says Larison, is "confusing." > Perhaps, > > > but I have to ask: confusing for whom? > > > > To those relatively few Americans who understand that there are, > indeed, > > > real differences between, say, the Sunnijihadistswho overthrew Qadaffi > and > > > took power in Libya and Lebanon’sHezbollah, this kind of rhetorical > > > shorthand is indeed puzzling. If a young Rand Paul wrote a term paper > > > around this theme he wouldsurelyget no more than a C-minus. However, > his > > > Aqua Buddha days are over, he’s a bigtime politician now, and he isn’t > > > addressing an academic audience, or even one that is moderately > > > well-informed: he’s talking to the folks back home in Kentucky, thesame > > > oneswho rallied against the building of a mosque in their midst and > worry > > > that sharia law is coming to their town. He’stalking to Glenn Beck, on > > > > ... > > > > read more » > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. 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