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War in iraq they now feel is unpopular that theyre beginning to think this instinctive call to arms, engagement in countries like syria and lebanon and all wont pay off at the ballot box? >> first of all, i would quibble with one point which is there has been over time taft and others in the past, theres been a strain of isolationism in the republican party. its resurgent, now represented by this tea party faction. of course, the reality is we have to find the right place between these two point...

Goldwater with president carter and that is when there was a leak out of jesse helms operation and the brothers being drug dealers. there was a sealed indictment. barry goldwater, he was supportive of the president. i said senator, he said, bob, remember something, we conservatives hate leaks like this and what he threated to do was go on the floor of the senate and say he was for the panama canal treaty. and i was absolutely struck. >> i think rand paul will have a problem with eventually is th...

To think this instinctive call to arms, engagement in countries like syria, and lebanon wont pay off at the ballot box? >> first of all, i would quibble with one point which is there has been over time taft and others in the past, theres been a strain of isolationism in the republican party. its resurge be the now represented by this tea party faction. of course, the reality is we have to find the right place between these two points of view. there are times when we have to act in order to prese...

Was a key factor in the strong political run by president obama back in 08, start in 2004. do you think the republican party is having guilt about the war in iraq they now feel is unpopular that theyre beginning to think this instinctive call to arms, engagement in countries like syria, and lebanon wont pay off at the ballot box? >> first of all, i would quibble with one point which is there has been over time taft and others in the past, theres been a strain of isolationism in the republican pa...

>> i want to tell a brief story. in a meeting with barry goldwater with president carter, there was a leak at jessie helms about panama canal and peace treaties, i walked out, he said bob, remember something, we conservatives hate leaks like this, and what he threatened to do was go before the senate if the leaks didnt stop and say he was for panama canal treaties. >> you know what rand paul will have a problem, should we be a country more isolationist, mind our own business. we have nukes, okay...

Unpopular that theyre beginning to think this instinctive call to arms, engagement in countries like syria, and lebanon wont pay off at the ballot box? >> first of all, i would quibble with one point which is there has been over time taft and others in the past, theres been a strain of isolationism in the republican party. its resurge be the now represented by this tea party faction. of course, the reality is we have to find the right place between these two points of view. there are times when ...

That we dont go to war without the approval of congress. madison was firm in this. he said history demonstrates what -- that the power most likely to go to war is the executive, so they granted that power in the legislature. >> george bush, and i think his brother also, they talked about this strain of isolationism in the gop. i think those comments are directed at people like you, that you want america to retreat in the world, not get -- you know, not have a more robust foreign policy, which al...

That we dont go to war without the approval of congress. madison was firm in this. he said history demonstrates what -- that the power most likely to go to war is the executive, so they granted that power in the legislature. >> george bush, and i think his brother also, they talked about this strain of isolationism in the gop. i think those comments are directed at people like you, that you want america to retreat in the world, not get -- you know, not have a more robust foreign policy, which al...

$1.5 trillion and we simply dont have results that are commensurate with what it was we spent. again, to me, the lesson is not -- its not isolationism. its not withdrawal. weve just got to be smart about what it is were prepared to do but also where we put the limits, be it on syria or any other place. again, never forget that our long-term ability to act and lead in the world depends upon restoring the foundations of our economy and our society here at home. >> richard, its called foreign polic...

Where the united states went in with great international support, with limited goals, clearly -- >> with a clear objective. >> absolutely, to restore kuwaiti sovereignty, get the iraqis out, cut the iraqis down to size. what the united states did was resist the temptation to try to remake iraq. one of the problems i think of the last 10, 15 years in both iraq and afghanistan is the united states got ambitious, we spent an awful lot of life, over 6500 americans were lost in the two wars, 40,000 w...