Rand Paul Warns Against ‘Unintended Consequences’ of Mideast Intervention

patrick.goodenough | December 2, 2014
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Whenever a secular dictator has been overthrown in the Middle East it has boosted radical Islam, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Tuesday, pointing to “chaos” in Libya and Iraq since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein, and charging that U.S. involvement in Syria has only made the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) stronger.