Sen. Rand Paul on Syria crisis

Let's see how many true patriots will move to the senator's side.  Those who voted for the rest will be able to see the  kind of disgusting warmongers they unwittingly voted to power.  However,  I don't understand why Sen. Paul says (see vid) that when the vote is taken in Congress,  Obama is likely to win the approval  to go ahead with the strike(s).   Are there that many warmongers in the US Congress?  Is keeping face that important? Oh those Americans !!!!  You can't live with them and neither can you  live without them!!

Sen.Rand Paul at Policymic:
....In 1971, Secretary of State John Kerry famously      questioned: “How can you ask a man to be the last one to die for a mistake?” I would ask Secretary Kerry how can you ask a man to be the first one to die for a mistake? That is what he would be doing if the U.S. intervened in the Syrian civil war. 

While the death and destruction stemming from the Syrian civil war is difficult to watch, I believe the U.S. must exercise maximum restraint and uphold the constitutional requirement that grants Congress, not the president, the right to declare war. The president’s announcement that he will seek congressional approval before unilaterally going to war is a step in the right direction.



From a strategic standpoint, there are three questions that should always be asked and sufficiently answered before going to war: What is the U.S. national interest? What is the military objective? What is the exit strategy?

We should also be skeptical of the Islamic rebels that our nation would be fighting alongside. Our knowledge of the relationship with these rebels is murky at best. What reason do we have to believe that they have America’s best interest? The enemy of my enemy is not always my friend. On one side, we have Assad; on the other, we have Al-Qaeda. On one side we have Islamic jihadists; on the other, we have Christians. We have priests and civilians kidnapped and killed by Islamic rebels. It seems on all sides we have chaos and it is unclear if any side will, in the end, be a friend to the United States. 

Those who seek military action have an obligation to publicly address these concerns before intervening in another Middle Eastern war. Shooting first and aiming later has not worked for us in the past, and it should not be our game plan now. I will not vote to send my sons, or your sons, daughters, brothers, sisters or friends to fight for a stalemate. ....

Sean Sullivan writing at WashingtonPost:
 Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), one of the most outspoken opponents of military action in Syria, wouldn’t rule out the possibility Tuesday of launching a standing filibuster over the issue in the Senate.
“I can’t imagine that we won’t require 60 votes on this,” Paul told reporters on an afternoon conference call. “Whether there’s an actual standing filibuster — I’ve got to check my shoes and check my ability to hold my water. And we will see. I haven’t made a decision on that.”
Paul attracted widespread attention in March when he launched a marathon filibuster over the Obama administration’s use of unmanned aerial drones, winning support from some GOP colleagues and prompting criticism from others.....