Israel Quotes by Rand Paul

I think we defeat terrorism by showing them that we do not fear them.

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Hardened terrorists are coming here to hit us hard if we don't hit them first.

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We must protect ourselves from jihadis without losing ourselves.

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Al Qaeda has been placed on the run, but not destroyed.

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I would have never released the sanctions [for Iran] before there was consistent evidence of compliance.

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I think those who have wanted regime [of Bashar Assad] change have made a mistake.

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There are still people - the majority on the stage, they want to topple [Bashar] Assad. And then there will be chaos,…

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The other thing I said is the great irony is you will be back fighting against your own weapons. Had [Bashar] Assad…

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We didn't create ISIS - ISIS created themselves, but we will stop them, and one of the ways we stop them is…

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Whether or not regime change is a good idea or a bad idea. I don't think because I think the regime change…

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If you are going to kill the families of terrorists, realize that there's something called the Geneva Convention we're going to have…

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I hate that Mosul is falling, but I also think that for 10 years we have supplied the Iraqis and they can't…

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I think that by arming the allies of ISIS, the Islamic rebels against [Bashar] Assad, that we created a safe space or…

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Secretary [John] Kerry has called Civil War [in Syria] an unbelievably small war that we're going to get involved with.

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The source of the problem is in Syria. Raqqa is the headquarters of ISIL, which is a lethal terrorist organization, now army.…

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I don't think he fully analyzes the situation. If you destabilize [Bashar] Assad and punish Assad, you do embolden terrorists. You embolden…

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ISIL is not the JV team. I cannot stress enough that there's a terrorist army in Syria and Iraq that wants to…

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We had people coming to our Foreign Relations Committee and saying, "Oh, we need to arm the allies of Al Qaida." They…

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The U.S. should never get involved where we have no clear national interest. We should not intervene militarily in a country like…

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I think there's evil on both sides [of Syria], and I think that's one reason I don't want to be involved in…

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I can tell you who's planning terroris attacks. The leaders of ISIL. And I can tell you where they're at. They're in…

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I think if we want to defeat terrorism, I think if we truly are sincere about defeating terrorism, we need to quit…

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We have Islamic rebels [in Syria] who've been eating the hearts or organs of their enemies. We have priests that have been…

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I don't know about [Rex] Tillerson, but I do know that John Bolton doesn't get it. He still believes in regime change.…

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Every chance at destabilizing [Bashar] Assad... the bombing campaign causes a flood of refugees into Jordan, there's already half a million in…

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The West is in for a long, irregular confrontation - not with terrorism, which is simply a tactic, but with radical Islam.

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Our intervention to destabilize the Assad regime has really made the chaos worse in Syria. And if you were to get rid…

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The Paris attack was highly sophisticated, well-planned, very clever, took months in the making, very much like 9/11. And there is a…

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I think if Russia is really an honest signatory to the chemical weapons ban, if Syria wants to be, ultimately someone has…

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When we toppled [Muammar] Gadhafi in Libya, I think that was a mistake. I think ISIS grew stronger, we had a failed…

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I think we can all agree [Bashar] Assad is a bad and evil actor, but I'm not so sure that we want…

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The one way, possibly, out of this is for [Bashar] Assad to abdicate and plead, perhaps to Russia or somewhere else. Would…

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I think that if you believe in regime change, you're mistaken. In 2013, we put 600 tons of weapons - us, Saudi…

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For example, the use of chemical weapons [in Syria]- some on the Democrat side have said well, this encourages the North Koreans…

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There is often variations of evil on both sides of the war. What we have to decide is whether or not regime…

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Nobody ever was fired for 9/11. Instead of firing the people who didn't do a good job, we gave them medals. The…

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I think it's a huge mistake. I think regime change in Syria, and this is what - I've been saying this for…

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I still say exactly what my original opinion is. Do you borrow money from China to send it to anyone? Out of…

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Out of regime change you get chaos. From the chaos you have seen repeatedly the rise of radical Islam. So we get…

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Benjamin Netanyahu said that ultimately, they will be stronger when they're independent. My position is exactly the same. We shouldn't borrow money…

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