Rand Paul: Instead of Building Bridges in Afghanistan We Could Be Doing That at Home

RUSH EXCERPT:
PAUL: "I think the mission is beyond what we need to be. We’re actively in war in about seven countries, and yet the Congress hasn’t voted on declaring or authorizing the use of military force in over 15 years now. So, I have been one that’s been bugging the Senate and Congress to say, how can we be at war without ever voting on it? Don’t the American people through their representatives get a chance to say when we to go war? I think the Afghan war is long past its mission. I think we killed and captured and disrupted the people who attacked us on 9/11 long ago. And I think now it’s a nation-building exercise. We’re spending $50 billion a year. And if the president really is serious about infrastructure, a lot of that money could be spent at home. Instead of building bridges and schools and roads in Afghanistan or in Pakistan, I think we could do that at home."