Kentucky Senator Rand Paul
https://clarespark.com/2011/06/03/neo-isolationists-and-the-jewish-problem/ (Clare Spark)
https://clarespark.com/2010/07/04/pacifica-radio-and-the-progressive-movement/ (Clare Spark)
https://clarespark.com/2012/01/09/living-in-the-nuclear-age/ (Tom Nichols)
https://clarespark.com/2012/04/26/responding-to-neo-isolationists/ (Phillip Smyth)
https://clarespark.com/2012/09/14/ron-paul-anarchist-in-chief/ (Phillip Smyth)
https://clarespark.com/2013/03/09/feel-no-pain-rand-pauls-secret/ (Clare Spark)
Some of these blogs were guest blogs written by Tom Nichols or Phillip Smyth. My own view: no one who is not a masochist (or otherwise infantilized, as in the discourse of “family”) likes to be bossed around, and most of us are bullied at some point, maybe a lot. But to throw over self- and national defense in favor of a calculated stunt is madness and could spell the end of the Republican Party. The notion of an unexpected drone attack dropping upon our heads is a potent symbol that taps repressed fears of nuclear annihilation or a repetition of 9-11. Recall that North Korea threatened a nuclear strike before Rand Paul hit on the filibuster idea: one that suggested a fatal blow and annihilation out of nowhere. Who wouldn’t be riled up? Will the Democratic Party win by default the entire issue of national security?
The Clare Spark Blog 
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