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Rick perry wrote, "in the face of the advancement of the islamic state, paul and others suggest the best approach to this 21st century threat is to do next to nothing. i personally dont believe in a wait-and-see foreign policy for the united states." then rand paul hit back with this, "on foreign policy. perry couldnt be more stuck in the past. doubling down on formulas that havent worked, parroting rhetoric that doesnt make sense and reinforcing petulant attitudes that have cost our nation a gr...

Pauls brand of isolationism would compound the threat of terrorism even further than president obamas. 71% of americans saying the war in iraq wasnt worth it. whose position will prevail going into 2016. joining us, robert and rodell. thank you both for being here. a short time ago at a politico e eve event. the cheneys were asked about this perry/rand paul duel and dick cheney said he wasnt going to engoers either side. and liz cheney had a little different opinion take on things. take a listen...

Welcome back to "the ed show." republicans rand paul and rick perry are in a war of words over foreign policy. >> you really ripped your fellow republican rand paul in an op-ed in saturdays "washington post." you said, your words, obamas policies have certainly led us to this dangerous point in iraq and syria. but pauls brand of isolationism or whatever term he prefers would compound the threat of terrorism even further. well, he responded today. he said, unlike governor perry i am opposed to se...

Battling senator rand paul and its getting nasty. in fact, really nasty. governor perry firing the first shot accusing senator paul blind threat poses to the united states. now senator rand paul firing back. governor perry dead wrong in mischaracterizing him. joining us our political panel. rick klein. "the washington post" rick lowery and the hills justin cink. rick, it doesnt get more interesting than this. this battle. >> this is the most basic level of political warfare. its a stand in for t...

American leadership and well pay a very, very heavy price now and in the future until we understand that america is an essential role in maintaining peace and stability throughout the world. and that does not mean sending combat troops anywhere. >> neither paul nor perry has announced plans for a presidential run in 2016 but theyre clearly viying for a position. >> professor joseph, does this fight have a point beyond them fighting? >> well, i think it is both them fighting, michael. but i also ...

That unfortunately cluters our political system. >> after that snarky comment, rand paul suggested a plan to deal with terrorists. >> i think the challenge to perry is to explain how his approach would work and why its important. he is a veteran himself. he is also as the head of the texas national guard been deeply involved in national defense matters for many years. hes making one case. rand paul is making a very different case and rand paul has to work very hard to make sure people dont mista...

Always attack up. i have no doubt paul is in the fight for 2016. i dont have that about per pry who had an embarrassing oops last time he juan for president. im not sure the american people will give him a remake. bob woodward of the washington post and howard fine dxman of the w. post media group and msnbc political analyst. an op-ed in the post, texas governor rick perry said senator paul was curiously blind to threats from iraq. he wrote, obamas policies have led us to this dangerous point in...

Dangerous point in iraq and syria, but pauls brand of isolationism or whatever he prefers would compound the threat of terrorism even further. rand pauls chief adviser responded to an inquiry from buzzfeed and he called the perry article "utter nonsense, interesting to be lectured in entirely in talking points though and his," meaning perrys, "new glasses apparently dont make him see the world any more clearly." who sees the world and specifically terrorism more clearly? governor perry or senato...

Isolationism or whatever he prefers would compound the threat of terrorism even further. rand pauls chief adviser responded to an inquiry from buzzfeed and he called the perry article "utter nonsense, interesting to be lectured in entirely in talking points though" and his, meaning perrys new glasses, apparently dont make him see the world any more clearly." who sees the world and specifically terrorism more clearly? governor perry or senator paul? >> well, its hard for me to describe both of th...

And the republican party, last time we had a big debate on this between the internationalist wing and the isolationist wing of the party, 1952 between eisenhower and taft. if you look at eisenhower as the quintessential republican internationalist, its important to remember eisenhower chose not to intervene militarily in hungary in 56, chose not to intervene militarily in the sue wet crisis. had a great deal of restraint and a lot of circum intersection about the use of use of american boots on ...