John Kerry vs Rand Paul: John Kerry Scolds Rand Paul on Syria

[Tx4obama]

Jump to the 7:30 minute mark on the video below

John Kerry Scolds Rand Paul on Syria: ‘We Don’t Want to Go to War’

Article/summary here: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/john-kerry-scolds-rand-paul-on-syria-we-dont-want-to-go-to-war/

[Spitfire of ATJ]

1. Nothing like watching Rand getting pwned by a general.

[MarianJack]

2. Kerry vs Paul in a battle of intellect would be like...

...me vs Serena Williams or Victoria Azarenka (my 2 favorite players!) in tennis. It would NOT be pretty!

PEACE!

[Taitertots]

3. After watching this, How can our political system do anything other than fail miserably?

After all, we don't want war, we just want to fly robot planes over other people's houses and murder them.

[blkmusclmachine]

6. Kerry was for it before he was against it.

[Sand Wind]

4. Yes Assad would have done it already again if US did not have make a move, and he

Will do it again.

Kerry right on this.

[Iliyah]

7. Assad has been enpowered by GOPers and Dems

Because now he feels America don't give a shit about Syria so now he can harm as many of his people as he wants and the world won't care.

[Sand Wind]

8. Exactly !

[Frustratedlady]

5. Thank you for posting the video.

I loved watching Paul scolded (politely, I might add) like a school boy still wet behind the ears. I found the childish eye rolling quite telling. Rand loves to hear himself talk. He's probably poring over the rules to see if he can pull off another filibuster.

Great video.

[freshwest]

9. Paul was his twitchy, sideshow circus barker self, as usual. Kerry did an excellent smack down. Are

the American people still intelligent enough to see through Rand's Koch shill?

If not, we will become the Idiocracy sooner than anyone would imagine.

How disturbing that this little homophobic, racist, sexist creeper gets any media attention and the media never gives the people who believe in the highest ideals can't get airtime.

Thanks so much for posting this video here!

[pam4water]

10. Who cares. Kerry just made himself new Colin Powell of chemical weapons faux poof.

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[drynberg]

11. AFTER ALL, WITH AN "ACTION" OF PUNISHMENT, WHAT COULD GO WRONG?

See, we are the World's Sheriff, here to "Serve and Protect", just part of the job as the head of the Empire...When we "degrade" Syria, our robot weapons of death will kill a whole lotta Syrians and blow up stuff...now, sure, there may be collateral damage to kids and other civilians and maybe a few dozen Russians, but ya can't make an omelet without breaking' some eggs now can you? Will this punitive action (of death and destruction, totally illegal, but hey) lead to widening the civil war? Like Israel getting hit from Lebanon? Or some or all of the six Russian warships firing at god knows what...or Iran doing something like cyber terrorism or worse...Yeah, all this could happen, but this is the price ya pay when ya rule the world...The Sheriff.

SARCASM

[leveymg]

12. I'm sorry, but on this one Paul sounds more rational and clear-headed.

The rationale offered by Kerry for going to war in Syria and the region doesn't work.

[Plucketeer]

14. I'm with you on this.

I dislike Rand as much as any of us here. But he's asking the very questions I would. Dead is dead, and a dead child is a shame just as much when his life is taken by gassing OR a drone. Where the hell's the red line regarding collateral damage from our celebrated "signature strikes"??? Who's got THAT line sketched out?? Who's gonna mete out the retaliatory hand slap for these anonymous youngsters? Is it simply a matter of we should because we can???

Make ME president and I'll show you hope and change you can revel in. Imagine the money we're POURING into the middle east EVERY day. Imagine the multitude of reliefs and repairs we could effect here at home with that dough!
Honestly..... I'm starting to develop a nagging cynicism about why I even care anymore. If it weren't for my wife's retirement hanging in the balance, we'd have left this kamikazi outfit LONG ago!

[hedgehog]

13. i laughed yesterday on seeing Kerry's facepalm, but on reviewing this I see a very serious danger -

if Congress refuses permission, and if Obama goes ahead with some military action, then I think this exchange is laying the groundwork for impeachment. I'm not saying I approve, just that the hazard is there.