Rand Paul opposes U.S. attack if it could ‘kill Christians in Syria’

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Raw Story

Rand Paul opposes U.S. attack if it could ‘kill Christians in Syria’
By David Edwards
Thursday, August 29, 2013 16:14 EDT

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said on Tuesday that an attack on Syria would be a bad idea if U.S. weapons were “used to kill Christians.”

In an interview with conservative radio host Mike Huckabee, Paul said that President Barack Obama needed to understand that “there are 2 million Christians living in Syria, more than just about any place in the Middle East.”

“And I just don’t want to see my kids or weapons of the United States being used to kill Christians in Syria,” he explained.

Paul called on the president to “try and convince” a joint session of Congress that action in Syria was necessary.


Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/29/rand-paul-opposes-u-s-attack-if-it-could-kill-christians-in-syria/

[Scuba]

1. Well, some of our jet jockies are no doubt Christian. So that's a "no"?

Or doesn't he care about American lives?

[DontTreadOnMe]

2. But what about the dead squirrel on his head?

Trump or Rand? Which animal skin comb over do you prefer?

[CherokeeDem]

3. For crying out loud...

This guy is an idiot...

I swear I do not know how the people of my state were stupid enough to elect him.

[iandhr]

62. You don't?

Really? State funds for a creationist amusement park all.

[CherokeeDem]

64. Not everyone in this state

is an idiot and like a great number of other states, we have enough Republicans in the legislature for things like the creationist amusement park to be funded.

[Chemisse]

91. You mean the creationist amusement park reference was not a joke?

Wow.

[RussBLib]

4. Oh my imaginary being in the sky, what a panderer!

What? Christians are more important than anything else?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

12. Don't you know the US is blessed by Jeebuz,...but he's fickle?

Hurt one of his followers and he'll go all Samuel L. Jackson on you.

[Mass]

5. Because killing Muslims is not a problem?

[durablend]

30. They're not real people

Guess you didn't get the memo!

[kardonb]

59. killing

Rant Paul : twisted brainless moron. Its OK to kill everyone else , just not "christians " . Those better run around with giant crosses painted on their heads to make them visible from the air .

[MNBrewer]

71. I know, right? However, I too am concerned about the killing of the Christians, and

the Alawites that will be coming down the pike when Assad falls. Whom will we bomb when the ethnic cleansing beings, then? That's a war crime, too, right?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

6. I wonder if he stretched his arms out when he said it.

[onehandle]

7. Translation: 'Muslims are worth less than Christians.'

More proof that Libertarians are just GOP Conservative teabagger hate-mongers.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

14. Betcha he'll change his mind about Syrian Christians when he finds out they don't speak English.

[Jackpine Radical]

55. They MUST speak English--

Otherwise they couldn't read the Bible.

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

67. Hey,

that's a good point!

[tclambert]

46. Well, yeah. Syrian Christians almost count as people.

Which is an improvement. Usually the RW'ers think only Americans count as people (including unborn American zygotes). Foreigners don't count as human. OK, maybe Canadians. But not the French!

[KamaAina]

60. What about the French Canadians?

[bpollen]

84. What about the French Canadians?

Can you bring back bacon?

[Blue Owl]

8. Rand cares*

*Unless you're a Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu, Islam, Shinto, Daoist, or Athiest -- i.e. over 80 percent of the world's population.

[Agnosticsherbet]

9. There are a lot of good reason to oppose the strike. This one is just stupid and biggoted

But this is Rand Paul we speak of.

[iandhr]

63. He has a fan club here.

[Agnosticsherbet]

70. A fan club for a man who opposed the voting rights, women's right, gay rights?

Who supports the wealthy over the poor? A man supported by white supremacists?
Seems to me that fans of Rand Paul would be happier on a one of the more right wing posting boards or libertarian. But we are a big tent party.

[Coyotl]

10. O.K., NOT the Onion--thus, NOT O.K.

This is the sort of thing one says if they have NO aspirations for public office!

[Wait Wut]

11. What? Your God won't protect them?

He won't spread his glorious arms over all the Christianites and sit back to watch the brown heathens burn? Ye of little faith!!!

What a gigantic ass.

[hatrack]

24. Where is your God now, non-Christian Syrians of no importance?!?!?

[awoke_in_2003]

69. about that pic...

that is my dream. That is my nightmare.

[ashling]

13. How Christian of him

WARGS (Would Ayn Rand Give a Shit?)

[Thinkingabout]

15. My first question to him would be, what if there have been christians who are victims of

Chemical warfare, would this be a reason to take action in Syria?

[EC]

16. Really?

He does understand we have fought many wars against other Christians doesn't he?

[DinahMoeHum]

32. Like in Iraq.

n/t

[EC]

34. Or how

about Germany? The Civil War, WWI & WWII....

[msanthrope]

17. You know, people who support this asshole deserve him. nt

[Comrade Grumpy]

20. Voters in Kentucky seem to like him. 53-44 favorable.

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20120916/NEWS0106/309170030/Mitch-McConnell-Rand-Paul-rated-favorably-Bluegrass-Poll-shows

[Sand Wind]

18. I suspect that for some here, Paul just said what some think but dont want to say.

Not for the majority, I'm sure of it, just a minority.

Example : what happen if you google ''John2'' ?...

[The Stranger]

19. I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times.

A fundamentalist is a fundamentalist is a fundamentalist.

No matter whether Christian, Muslim, Jew, Hindu.

They want to go to war for god and fuck all of the rest of us in the process.

[denverbill]

21. I guess he would've not bombed Germany in WWI or WWII either.

Nor Italy, nor Russia since all those places are chock full o'Christians.

[LoisB]

22. "Christian" is a word Rand Paul heard somewhere. He doesn't really know what it

means.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

23. Even a cropped smock is white twice a day...or something.

And then there's Rand Paul, who makes even less sense than my subject line. Clearly, Tomahawk cruise missiles need Christian Avoidance Systems installed. I hope we have this in place before our next glorious war comes around.

[SummerSnow]

25. what does he want, non Christian drones sent?

[christx30]

27. He wants drones and cruise missiles

Equipped to detect religions. They'll explode on Muslims. But they'll turn into food or medical supplies for Christians.

[SummerSnow]

29. I bet that is what he wants.too funny

[Major Nikon]

26. Sharing heaven with Rand Paul sounds more like hell to me

[HooptieWagon]

28. Jeebus will protect them.

And if they die, its because they support homosexuality, I'm told.

[yoloisalie]

31. I got to say this

when speaking to fundamentalist christians which Huckabee and his listeners are, you can easily win them over when you can show them that a war will harm Christians or Jews. Just convince them that those 2 groups would be hurts and they will side with you. It is a lazy way of going about it but it works.

[MisterP]

57. in fact, Thumairbs are all 10% Christian (and Assad's their only champion at the moment....)

[Dawson Leery]

33. How "Christian" of him.

Scum.

[BillyRibs]

35. That's our Rand Paul!

Taking a stand with the fence post firmly up his ass!

[David__77]

36. He's taking the right position, nonsense aside.

The US would be killing Christians and other faith community members as well. It is true that the US targets probably would disproportionately kill Christians, who are overrepresented in the Syrian security and armed forces, engaged in a battle against terrorism.

[arewenotdemo]

74. Absolutely.

Seems like a lot of people here may not know that Paul was one of only three members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that voted against arming the Syrian rebels.

Tim Kaine, for example, voted for it. And for what it's worth, I don't believe for a second that Paul did so just to protect Syrian Christians.

[karynnj]

86. Could that mean that the people who prepared the chemical weapons

and used them are disproportionately Christian as well?

More to the point, how does this make Paul "right". I would have no problem if he said that no one should be killed by us. That at least would not be bigoted. Is it worse to kill a Muslim baby or a Christian serviceman protecting a chemical weapons depot?

[David__77]

87. Sure, that is possible.

He would be totally right if he left out the sectarian reference.

[karynnj]

88. However, the sectarian reference was there and it was the point of the statement

I suspect that it was designed to win over to his side the usually prowar KY constituents who actually would agree with killing if it were all Muslims. (I assume this is NOT many KY people, but it is part of the Republican base.)

[David__77]

89. It's hard to articulate.

But I think that it is reasonable to point specifically to the plight of Syrian Christians. They are being "cleansed" indeed. They were driven from Qusayr and many other towns and villages seized by the insurgents. But I do agree than the statements that were made were cynically made to appeal to those who care nothing for non-Christians.

[karynnj]

90. I understand what you are saying and there is a parallel in what in Egypt

where the Copts are being killed and their churches burned.

I also understand that the concern for co-religious concerns. (I was born Catholic and converted to Judaism - and I've seen the special bond that is felt in both. )

[City Lights]

37. What a guy!

Just warms the heart, no?

[DRoseDARs]

38. "Dead sand-niggers I'm fine with, but just don't hit any white Christians," he did not add. nt

[MADem]

54. That is just an offensive subject line, even if you were trying to put words in Paul's mouth.

You need to edit that up--that's just wrong.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

39. Rand Paul is a loony

[dougg]

40. RP doesn't want to kill Christians

but no qualms about killing the few Jews left in Syria.

[Cha]

41. Look at randy all down and pandering to his "christian" constituents.

[hrmjustin]

42. As a Christian I am appauled he would say this.

He is a disgrace to the senate and Christianity.

[blkmusclmachine]

43. ()o()

[oldandhappy]

44. And OK to kill Christians here by cutting food stamps.

[Earth_First]

45. Hey now, whoa now...

Food stamps take precious budgetary appropriations from defense budgets to purchase Cruise missles to...

...wait a minute!

Derp!

[eilen]

47. Yes, Rand.... But are they the Right Kind of Christian?????? (sarcasm) nt

[King_Klonopin]

73. Excellent point! I would guess ...

If he really knew that Christians in Syria are mostly
Syrian Orthodox, like Eastern Orthodox, which is
essentially CATHOLIC (OMG!) I expect that he would
tone it down a bit.

They ain't the Evangelical, Bible-Based Christyuns
who, I am sure, he is thinking of (if he's capable of
thinking, that is!)

Syria has no oil to speak of, so I wonder why he is
even paying attention -- aside from the opportunity
to kill some Muslims and start Armageddon.

What about woman and children of any faith, Rant ? Do they
matter at all ?

He makes a fitting caricature for the term "douche-nozzle".

[RitchieRich]

48. didn't believe it until I heard his voice use those words

Even with how cynical I am and how much crazy b.s. I've heard from them, I still didn't believe that ANY politician would say something like that out loud. Not because they don't think it, but because it could be create trouble for them.
I will think twice the next time before I dismiss something as probable propaganda.

[heaven05]

49. what a joke

this dangerous idiot is. And people voted this clown in. Go figure.

[Jack Rabbit]

50. I never thought Senator would do a Rick Santorum shtick.

Although he is right, it will kill Christians in Syria, among others.

[JTFrog]

51. Fuck Rand Paul. n/t

[polichick]

52. What an ass.

[MADem]

53. But....but....he's a HERO! Pay no attention to that muskrat on his head... he's a HERO!

Sounding the alarm for Truth, Justice and the Murican way!!!!!



He's just so ... BELOVED!!!! Even Putin thinks he's swell!



I guess this genius doesn't like to include the eight million or more Christians in Egypt in the regional mix--perhaps their location in the corner of the African continent excludes them in his mind?

[madrchsod]

56. now what did jesus say.....

suffer the children unto thee for theirs is the kingdom of heaven or something like that. i noticed christ did`t label what children got to go or stay behind.

[kestrel91316]

58. But it's fine if they are Muslims or Jews or atheists or whatever else?? Gotcha.

[truthisfreedom]

61. He's got a screw or two loose.

WTF kind of message does this send, Rand? How does your statement make America look to the rest of the world? You're no representative of this country. You're a defective product and you need to be recalled for our safety.

[DallasNE]

65. Using That As A Yardstick

Rand Paul would have opposed declaring war against Nazi Germany. And the bombing campaign in Kosovo, amongst others. What a bizarre parameter to use as the principle value in determining military action.

[TroglodyteScholar]

66. Everyone knows each Cristian life is worth 1000 heathens n/t

[Enrique]

68. appropriately stupid for the Mike Huckabee show

and disgustingly chauvinistic enough for that show.

[WCGreen]

72. What a dip shit....

[Martin Eden]

75. Christians are Human Beings

But the non-Christians in Syria are ...................??

[Squinch]

76. There go the Republicans, courting other ethnicities again. Rand is becoming a real asset

to the Democratic party. If he keeps this up, he'll be right up there with Bachmann and Palin.

[JohnnyLib2]

77. This Kentuckian thinks he's the most dangerous potential candidate of all.....

and playing to the under-informed and fearful is his game plan.

[The Wizard]

78. Religious war

Yeah, that's the ticket.

[PatrynXX]

79. wonder if Rand had a brain during the 90's

when Serbia was the bad country. (a Christian country) we have a rather large Bosnian/ Croatian population in the Waterloo IA area. and cedar rapids. they are a rather large voting block. clearly that white population he won't be counting on..

[PatrynXX]

80. back in the day

to some extent I had some sympathy for Serbia's past. however it didn't make what they did right.

[ElboRuum]

81. I.. what... is he... I don't... wha?

If there is a single person in Congress who should pay someone good money to follow him around with a recording device just for the purpose of playing what he says back to him mere seconds after the fact just so he can hear how he sounds when he says things, it is Rand Paul.

[paulrandfu]

82. I don't think he needs to worry about his kids

Unless they bring back the draft with no strings attached.

[Nanjing to Seoul]

83. Killing Syrian muslims, Jews and those with no religion at all are okay by the Gadfly

Christians are off limits, because Jesus loves them.

Fuck off, Ron!

[karynnj]

85. Only Christians count?

I have no idea what the religion was of the people killed by chemical weapons - and I don't care. Rand Paul - and many Americans do - as his statement suggests that it is worse to kill a Christian than to kill a Muslim. Even for innocent children. Somehow this is NOT what I learned as a young Catholic!

This actually suggests that Rand Paul would want Assad - even after this atrocity - as head of Syria. He has had the Christians as allies and the alternatives are Islamists of varying degrees of radicalness.

[CarrieLynne]

92. WTF does someones religion have to do with whether someone shoud live or die?