The most-ignored presidential candidate of the Republican field took a lot of heat from Middle East hawks for implying during the recent GOP debate that the threat from Iran was grossly exaggerated. Today on Fox News, he doubled down on that position.
KELLY: If you were President Paul and it turned out you were wrong â that it turned out that Iran did have the bomb and it attacked Israel â would you step in?
PAUL: No. Iâd let Israel take care of âem. Why should we interfere with Israel?
The stance on retaliating on Israelâs behalf sets Paul even farther afield from his fellow GOP candidates, such as Herman Cain, who vowed to attack Iran if it âmess(ed) with Israel.â
On Fox today, Paul reiterated his historical point â lost on Rick Santorum during the debate â that Iran âhad a pretty good democracy going in â53 and we kicked it out â our CIA kicked it out for oil and put in the Shah, and he was a ruthless dictator.â Paul asked indignantly: âAnd you wonder why thereâs blowback?â
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Is this acceptable to you, would you vote for Ron Paul or Herman Cain?
KELLY: If you were President Paul and it turned out you were wrong â that it turned out that Iran did have the bomb and it attacked Israel â would you step in?
PAUL: No. Iâd let Israel take care of âem. Why should we interfere with Israel?
The stance on retaliating on Israelâs behalf sets Paul even farther afield from his fellow GOP candidates, such as Herman Cain, who vowed to attack Iran if it âmess(ed) with Israel.â
On Fox today, Paul reiterated his historical point â lost on Rick Santorum during the debate â that Iran âhad a pretty good democracy going in â53 and we kicked it out â our CIA kicked it out for oil and put in the Shah, and he was a ruthless dictator.â Paul asked indignantly: âAnd you wonder why thereâs blowback?â
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Is this acceptable to you, would you vote for Ron Paul or Herman Cain?