Rand Paul Has No Problem with Obama Sending 450 More Troops to Help in the Fight Against ISIS

Typical, Rand he couches his position based on the absurdity that the troops are being sent to protect the US embassy.  What he is trying to do here, of course, as play to the pre-war and anti-war sides at the same time. He can point to the pro-war crowd that he is in favor of sending more troops and he cam point to his claim he is in favor of more troops to protect the YS embassy.

But this, of course, raises the question that Rand ignores: Why does the US have such a massive embassy in Iraq in the first place?

The Orange County Register reports:

In an interview before [a flag day] GOP dinner, Paul discussed key issues with the Register:

IRAQ: Paul said Congress should approve any increase in U.S. forces in Iraq but didn’t oppose President Barack Obama’s decision this week to send 450 more troops to help in the fight against Islamic State.

“There shouldn’t be 10,000,” he said. “There shouldn’t be 100,000. I’m not going to say zero because I think there are already troops there that defend our embassy. There are troops that defend our consulate. I think the troops that we send in should be to defend American interests. I think we can help to amplify our allies there and protect our interests.”

  -RW