Sen. Rand Paul Questions Sec. Kerry at SFRC on Obama Administration #39;s AUMF - March 11, 2015
By: SenatorRandPaul
Here is the original post:
Sen. Rand Paul Questions Sec. Kerry at SFRC on Obama Administration's AUMF - March 11, 2015 - Video
News on The 700 Club: March 12, 2015
As seen on "The 700 Club," March 12: Record Religious Genocide: #39;ISIS as Toxic as Nazis #39;; Police officers shot during Ferguson protests; Rand Paul: arm Kurds, give them their own country; and more.
By: CBN News
See the original post:
News on The 700 Club: March 12, 2015 - Video
The Brody File: Inside CPAC March 12, 2015
This week on The Brody File we go inside the largest gathering of conservatives in the country. A closer look at some of the possible presidential candidates. Is Rand Paul for real and one-on-one...
By: CBN News
Continue reading here:
The Brody File: Inside CPAC March 12, 2015 - Video
WASHINGTON -- "Nation-builder" probably isn't a term Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) would use to describe himself. The libertarian-leaning senator has built a reputation on his reluctance to intervene abroad, a point he emphasizes as he travels the country ahead of a likely White House bid in 2016.
But on Wednesday, two weeks after telling a crowd of conservatives that Republicans should give up the concept of nation building abroad, Paul called on the United States to ship arms to the Kurds with a promise to build them a nation: Kurdistan.
Part of the problem is the Kurds arent getting enough arms, Paul told Breitbart News. The Kurds are the best fighters. The arms are going through Baghdad to get to the Kurds and theyre being siphoned off and theyre not getting what they need. I think any arms coming from us or coming from any European countries ought to go directly to the Kurds.
He then endorsed redrawing the borders of Iraq and Syria to form a new country, exposing as he did the gaps in his understanding of the region.
"I would draw new lines for Kurdistan and I would promise them a country," Paul said.
I think [the Kurds] would fight like hell if we promised them a country. Its a little easier to say than it is to actually make it happen, because in order to actually draw a new country, youd have to have the complicity of Turkey and probably Iraq a little bit as well, the senator added. There really is no Syria to be complicit with, but there is just a little piece of Syria -- Kobani, and in there is predominantly Kurdish. I think if you did that and could get peace between the Kurds and the Turks, and then the Turks would actually fight if the Kurds would give up any claim to Turkish territory.
This proposal is, as Paul noted, easier said than done. In reality, it would make little sense for either of the two Kurdish groups who have fought the Islamic State with U.S. support: the Iraqi Kurds, who pushed the extremist group out of their autonomous region last year, or the Syrian Kurds, who withstood a months-long Islamic State assault on their town of Kobani.
The Iraqi Kurds have harbored dreams of independence for decades. They came closer to that goal when the U.S. imposed a no-fly zone over their part of Iraq in 1991 to protect them from then-President Saddam Hussein. They solidified control over their autonomous region after the U.S. toppled Hussein's government in 2003. But they remain keenly aware that Washington has not endorsed full independence for their region. So instead of seeking statehood, they have moved, with strong U.S. backing, to settle their differences with the central Iraqi government -- at least for now.
Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, the Iraqi Kurdish region's representative to the U.S., told reporters at a late February briefing that her government does not plan to pursue independence in the midst of the war against the Islamic State. It remains a long-term goal, she said.
Read the original post:
Rand Paul, Longtime Foe Of Nation Building, Is Ready Now ...
17 photos
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson on March 2 announced the launch of an exploratory committee. The move will allow him to raise money that could eventually be transferred to an official presidential campaign and indicates he is on track with stated plans to formally announce a bid in May.
17 photos
Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin is considered a possible Republican candidate, but he told CNN that his priority is to first help the GOP capture the Senate in next November's midterms.
17 photos
Sen. Marco Rubio, a Republican rising star from Florida, was swept into office in 2010 on the back of tea party fervor. But his support of comprehensive immigration reform, which passed the Senate but has stalled in the House, has led some in his party to sour on his prospects.
17 photos
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has said his decision to run for the Republican nomination will be based on two things -- his family and whether he can lift America's spirit. His father and brother formerly served as President.
17 photos
Hillary Clinton continues to have an overwhelming lead over other possible 2016 Democratic presidential candidates. Although the former first lady and secretary of state has not said whether she'll run, a group of PACs and advocacy organizations have begun the process of raising money and aiding a hypothetical campaign.
Here is the original post:
Rand Paul: Give the Kurds a country - CNN.com