Sen. Rand Paul Appears on The Kelly File- May 13, 2014

earlier I spoke with Kentucky senator rand Paul about that and much more senator good to see you tonight so let's

start with you Sir quickly with the question that I asked him and I think for you it'll be relatively easy going here earlier positions knowing

with what we know now would you authorize the invasion of Iraq? No, I think the invasion of Iraq was a mistake

I thought it was a mistake even at that I think it's a mistake for a reason that I think is consistent with a lot of other things that have gone wrong in the Middle East I

think when we've toppled secular strongman secular dictators we've gotten chaos in the rise of radical Islam so

is much stronger analysis I'm gone so I think really the objective evidence on Alan shows that apple

Hussein made us less saves but also the same reply still resorting Libya top you made us listen but also the same applies to Hillary's were in Libya toppling Qaddafi made us listen the

United States may have been better with some of better off with some of these dictators in place I say twenty twenty and for you to say that it

was a mistake at the time and you would have advocated a different decision at the time is a difference between you and Jeb bush and co and

Chris Christie to came out today at least he believes George W. bush made the best decision he could at

the time you you disagree with learn from history where we're making and now another arrow can you

know I care yes I think was a mistake because I think Hussein was a counterbalance to Iran and even after even

I don't think anybody thought his it was a great guy but he was seen to politically is to another nation that is a threat to us in the region and so

threat to us here Iran and I think really in looking forward at the I should've realized and that would have made a ranch longer

and made around more of a threat can you say that you you were the one who here Iran and I think really hindsight

but in looking forward at the they should have realized that by I'm going to say and they would have made a rand stronger and

how is George W. bush back to give as a presupposes a let's not invade Iraq because Iran is you don't eliminate the cow right

nd I think Iran is definitely more of a threat so they have become more of a threat the last seven years and

I think I've never really indicate they were of no threat I think that they were never a direct threat to a seven or eight years ago whereas now they

are a direct threat shortcut mn three if you're saying George that I mean if they were a threat that so they were threatened to three

but they weren't now they are again team ability of the region and they were a threat to stabilize the region even I've

been for a long time so I think there's a difference or a nuance between threats of destabilizing reason threats of their neighbors and

a direct threat to us writer for knowing she Jeb bush quite frankly you are you are one of the first people I thought of I

you subscribe to it for foreign policy ought to be not to be grounded again not just of the export of our own values for

nation building those are those are good sentiments but first and foremost and security and peace are