While Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., expressed remorse for the three soldiers that were slain this past weekend by an Iranian-backed proxy group, he remained apprehensive about America getting involved in yet another foreign entanglement — particularly one that has not been authorized.
"Without question, any president — Republican or Democrat — that wants to take us to war or commit significant acts of war has to come to Congress, and will they? Probably not," Paul said on "The Chris Salcedo Show" Wednesday.
The Kentucky senator was dubious that a president from either party would care much about the congressional authorization needed for war. He also remained concerned that the focus will be put on whom the U.S. decides to "kill in response to the killing" as opposed to why there are solders scattered across the globe in remote outposts in the first place.
"Look, my heart goes out to the families of the soldiers that died, but I wish they had not been placed in an untenable position. I think sprinkling 100 soldiers here, 100 soldiers there, that is not a strategic force ... they're sitting ducks," he told Newsmax.
Paul's remarks follow Iran's own statement regarding the U.S. deaths, saying it will "decisively respond" to any U.S. attack against the Islamic Republic following President Joe Biden's promise of retaliation.
Paul, known for his skeptical nature of U.S. foreign policy, suggested the U.S. should take a page from former President Ronald Reagan and vacate the Middle East as he did following the bombing of the Marine Corps barracks in 1983.
"Perhaps the uniparty should re-evaluate a policy that stations a few hundred soldiers in a dozen remote areas in dozens of countries — not enough to fight a real war, but just enough to be vulnerable targets," Paul wrote in a recent post on X.
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