Take it away, Rigby:
Paul’s latest post is a monstrous disgrace. Exactly two months ago, Paul bemoaned Trump’s broken promise to Iranian protesters, resulting in a massive loss of life:
I don’t think there’s any question that Trump’s statements helped fuel the protests. An indeterminate but probably large number of protesters joined the protests because they took Trump’s words literally and seriously. It’s safe to assume that some of them paid with their lives….
Once Trump told the protesters to keep it up, promised to help them, and effectively drew a “red line” around the killing of peaceful protesters, all of that changed. At that point, I believe Trump had an obligation to help the Iranian protesters. He did not….
But today, Paul displays little regard for the fate of Iranian civilians caught in the crossfire of this war of choice:
…In the case of our war with Iran, again, we have no ownership of “the hopes, aspirations, and problems” of the Iranian people. There is an alignment between these hopes and aspirations and U.S. interests because complete overthrow of the regime would serve Iranian hopes/aspirations and our national interests.
However, the cost to the U.S. of toppling the regime via invasion may be too high. If the administration so concludes, we violate no obligation to the Iranian people by leaving with the regime (or what’s left of it) intact….
By all means, let’s destroy the infrastructure of another country, leaving its citizens to suffer and starve under a hobbled regime that clings to cruel power. What could possibly go wrong with that plan?
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