WS Journal: Rand Paul Paul, Obama Have Similar ‘Disengagement’ Foreign Policies

Riley: Paul, Obama Have Similar ‘Disengagement’ Foreign Policies (Washington Free Beacon)

Wall Street Journal editorial board member Jason Riley said Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) and President Obama had similar foreign policies of disengagement Sunday on Meet the Press.

Riley was part of a panel discussing MSNBC host Chuck Todd’s report on NBC/Marist poll numbers from Iowa and New Hampshire showing, among other revelations, Paul polling closely with 2016 Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton.

“It is striking, particularly his views on foreign policy [which] I think don’t sit well with a lot of Republicans, so I’m a little surprised,” Riley said. “Rand Paul’s views on foreign policy are not all that different from President Obama’s in terms of disengagement. He doesn’t like it put that way, but that’s the reality there.”