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Its hard. foreign policys never animated this president. he sometimes likes to retreat to sort of the soft isolationism, that lazai-fair. this is what we expect the president to do, to be strong in instances like this. >> does the president -- the optics of this are always tough. the president is on vacation. im not one who is hugely critical of any president taking a vacation. he is on vacation. can he getway, politically speaking, with a statement and then back on vacation if the situation in ...

But theyre not communists. so the isolationism is reasserting itself and although rand paul on any domestic issue is going to be very similar to ted cruz on foreign policy, hes going to be much more similar to the extreme left wing of the democratic party. >> speaking of rand paul who is not going to be at this event today in iowa, but i think his presence will be felt, there was one of our colleagues here at msnbc had an interesting prediction about rand paul this week. >> obama won in 2008 ove...

The u.s. lets the middle east faster, it explodes and causes problem by creating a big spike in energy prices or by counterterrorism. jenna: it sounds and droppable. it sounds as though the u.s. cannot do anything. many people are suggesting isolationism is called for and we should not be getting involved in syria and other places. what do you think hashtag >> it is a good point? point. it is lower than it was traditionally in the middle east. the u.s. has traditionally been a big outside power ...

Like thousands of morsi supporters marched at u.s. intelligence headquarters. muslim brotherhood and others are plenty more marches calling it egypt against the coup. they said it would protect protesters who leave citians voluntarily. or the 200 people have been killed since military ousted president morsi last month. jenna: it comes amid concerns on growing unrest across middle east and questions on how the united states should respond. the hard lessons of afghanistan and iraq are making isola...

Some liberals or progressives have a viewpoint that is legitimate and on the other hand, some of the conservatives are finding themselves at a loss for words to really express how they can remain relevant to the broader conversations in american society. so when it comes to intelligence is, surveillance, when it comes to food stamps, when it comes to talking about how we will secure our border, all of these issues find themselves -- republicans find themselves hard pressed to offer offer sallest...

How do they have a platform which you know is going to be hawkish? it is written in gold there. and have a party nominee, perhaps rand paul, whos a total libertarian whos against all this. >> it may not be as hawkish as it what been in the past. the real question is, we know where the neocons are, where the john mccains of the world are. lindsey graham. >> the ruling coalition? >> that has been the ruling coalition. theyve been trying to put down the mad dogs of isolationism like rand paul. >> a...

So instead of using isolationism which is a bad word to a lot of people, he used a good word. >> lets go back to john on that. whats your take on that? is that the bad way to go? i think christie overreached by saying youve got to be hawkish. i dont think any party -- very few americans are hawkish right now that i can see. >> look what is going on in the nsa debate. you know, you a lib/lib thing with liberals on the left and libertarians on the right getting together, and they will rein in the ...

The tea partyers. they apply it to government spending and taxing. so instead of using isolationism which is a bad word to a lot of people, he used a good word. >> lets go back to john on that. whats your take on that? is that the bad way to go? i think christie overreached by saying youve got to be hawkish. i dont think any party -- very few americans are hawkish right now that i can see. >> look what is going on in the nsa debate. you know, you a lib-lib thing with liberals on the left and lib...

No matter whether its hillary or not, its going to be difficult. how do they have a platform which you know is going to be hawkish? it is written in gold there. and have a party nominee, perhaps rand paul, whos a total libertarian whos against all this. >> it may not be as hawkish as it what been in the past. the real question is, we know where the neocons are, where the john mccainens of the world are. lindsey graham. >> the ruling coalition? >> that has been the ruling coalition. theyve been t...

Hawkish? because it is. its written in gold there, and have a party nominee, perhaps, perhaps rand paul who is a total libertarian who is against all of this? >> it may not be as hawkish as it what been in the past. we know where the knee ye cons are, where the john mccains of the world are, lindsey graham. >> the ruling coalition? >> that has been the ruling coalition. theyve been trying to put down the mad dogs of isolation like rand paul. >> and ron paul before him. >> remember rudy giulianis...