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Its been central to his entire career in congress actually. hes been a member of congress through the post-9/11 world and hes made this issue central to everything that he does. he often partners with senator john mccain, who is also another republican foreign policy hawk and the two of them go out and they champion some of the more hawkish elements of the republican party. and senator graham is going to do this on the presidential stage, as well. he wants his position to be contrasted against t...

Welcome back to the "hardball." presidential candidate rand paul took a shot at democratic front-runner hillary clinton in my interview with the senator from kentucky earlier today warning that shes more likely to take to us war than most democrats or republicans. lets watch. >> hillary clinton is much more hawkish and much more likely to get us involved in another war than most of america, republican or democrat. you see this little boomlet for other people out there it is. >> yeah. >> on the d...

Was his idea that there is some vast conspiracy to create this propaganda in order to convince people that as he said quote, business is bad, government is good. that -- thats the part that just doesnt -- doesnt ring true with anybodys kind of lived experience in this country. >> all right. ryan grim and joan walsh, thank you for your time tonight. have a good weekend, both of you. >> you too, reverend. >> you, too, rev. >> a quick note senator rand paul is playing "hardball" with chris matthews...

Mixed and nuanced feeling about war. >> on a scale of 1 to 10 dove being 0, hawk being 10 wheres hillary? >> you know im not sure exactly. >> is she a 7? >> well, i think what she is i think shes been indiscriminate in the use of force and i think not thinking. >> watch the full interview with senator paul at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. hort in getting key nutrients from food alone. lets do more... ...add one a day mens 50+. complete with key nutrients we may need. plus it helps support hea...

Theres a much more mixed and nuanced feeling about war. >> on a scale of 1 to 10 a dove being 0, hawk being 10 wheres hillary? >> you know, im not sure exactly. >> is she a 7? >> well i think what she is i think shes been indiscriminate in the use of force and i think not thinking. there are people on both sides that are rational good thinkers. brent scowcroft, im not sure what side of the friends. brzezinski, both realists one republican and one democrat but both thoughtful men who have a profo...

>> heres the interesting thing. >> are they right that youre really the only person not a hawk in your party? >> heres the interesting thing. some of the pundits who know nothing but glory for war, they live inside the beltway and have not yet been to america so i invite them to come to iowa. i invite them to come to america. i invite them to come to south carolina. there was a poll in iowa a couple of months ago, and it said do you believe in more intervention, more foreign intervention like jo...

People like rand paul who said lets not go into syria, what do you say to that? >> i would say its exactly the opposite. isis exists in who is stronger because of the hawks in our party who gave articles indiscriminately. most of those arms were snatched up by isis. they want to bomb assad, which would have made isis job easier. isis is all over libya, because hes saying hawks in my party, they loved hillary clintons warning. they wanted more of it. libya is a failed state. its a disaster. iraq ...

There seems to be many faces of rand paul. i think he was very much speaking to a certain audience there. i think he wouldnt have said that if he was speaking on laura ingram show so hes got to figure out what hes going to try to be in this race. he obviously wants to be less of a hawk. whether or not thats going to play well in states like south carolina or iowa is anybodys guess. probably not. >> interesting to see. violating 11th commandment thou shall not speak illinois of a republican all...

I think ive actually seen that part of the problem overcome. i think youve got to be a realist about this. i wasnt in this primarily for myself anyway i was in it to accomplish the objective of getting foreign defense policy the first job of the presidency to be the center of the debate. >> as you say you would have run as a national security hawk now that youre out of the race are there any people that are currently and likely to be in who you are comfortable with on those issues and any that y...

Issue. i think ive actually seen that part of the problem overcome. i think youve got to be a realist about this. i wasnt in this primarily for myself anyway i was in it to accomplish the objective of getting foreign defense policy the first job of the presidency to be the center of the debate. >> as you say you would have run as a national security hawk now that youre out of the race are there any people that are currently and likely to be in who you are comfortable with on those issues and any...