Rand Paul is unsuited to be president because of his attitude toward Isis, fellow Republican and possible candidate Bobby Jindal has said.
Paul has expressed reluctance about new foreign military expeditions in general and hesitancy in particular about deploying thousands of additional US troops to the Middle East to confront Isis militants or for any other reason.
In a statement issued Wednesday, Jindal, the governor of Louisiana, accused the Kentucky senator of taking “the weakest, most liberal Dem position”.
(1/5) Sen. Paul’s comments on ISIS take the weakest, most liberal Dem position, showing he is unsuited to be Commander-in-Chief.
— Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) May 27, 2015
Jindal said:
It’s one thing for Senator Paul to take an outlandish position as a senator at Washington cocktail parties, but being commander-in-chief is an entirely different job. We should all be clear that evil and radical Islam are at fault for the rise of Isis, and people like President Obama and Hillary Clinton exacerbate it.
American weakness, not American strength, emboldens our enemies. Senator Paul’s illogical argument clouds a situation that should provide pure moral clarity. Islam has a problem. Isis is its current manifestation. And the next president’s job is to have the discipline and strength to wipe Isis off the face of the earth. It has become impossible to imagine a President Paul defeating radical Islam and it’s time for the rest of us to say it.
(4/5) The next President must have the discipline and strength to wipe ISIS off the face of the earth.
— Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) May 27, 2015
Jindal is exploring a presidential run, but his poll ratings are moribund.
