{"id":373215,"date":"2018-08-13T15:48:27","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T14:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/rand-paul-is-single-handedly-preventing-war-with-iran\/"},"modified":"2018-08-13T15:48:27","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T14:48:27","slug":"rand-paul-is-single-handedly-preventing-war-with-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/rand-paul-is-single-handedly-preventing-war-with-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Rand Paul Is Single-handedly Preventing War With Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Senator is the only real peace maker in Washington<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Steve Watson<\/strong><br \/>Prison Planet.com<br \/>August 13, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>A report citing an unnamed aide to President Trump has suggested that the only reason that the US has not because embroiled in military conflict with Iran is because Rand Paul has the President\u2019s ear on foreign policy and is offsetting the parade of war hawk neocons circling Trump.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The report, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/08\/08\/rand-paul-trump-russia-putin-768472\">published by Politico<\/a>, notes that Trump\u2019s national security advisor John Bolton was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/larison\/boltons-push-for-regime-change-in-iran\/\">staunch proponent<\/a> of regime change in Iran, as was Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/ryan-costello\/trump-cia-pick-hyped-fact_b_13181260.html\">Mike Pompeo<\/a>and Secretary of Defense <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/01\/16\/mattis-defense-iran-nuclear-285473\">James Mattis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All three have embraced the neocon position of preventive military action, but now have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/john-bolton-says-us-not-seeking-iranian-tehran-regime-change-sanctions\/\">all<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/pompeo-us-not-pushing-for-regime-change-in-iran\/4408363.html\">stated<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-iran\/u-s-not-pursuing-regime-change-collapse-in-iran-mattis-idUSKBN1KH247\">publicly<\/a> that the US will not seek regime change in Iran.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RandPaul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RandPaul<\/a> singlehandedly preventing war with Iran? Rand Paul Against the World | The American Conservative <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m4o5T7zVdC\">https:\/\/t.co\/m4o5T7zVdC<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amconmag?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@amconmag<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jack Hunter (@jackhunter74) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jackhunter74\/status\/1027964963644755969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Politico report suggests that this is all down to Rand Paul.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile Trump tolerates his hawkish advisers, the [Trump] aide added, he shares a real bond with Paul: \u2018He actually at gut level has the same instincts as Rand Paul\u2026\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report further notes that \u201cTrump has stopped short of calling for regime change even though Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Secretary of Defense James Mattis, and Bolton support it, aligning with Paul instead, according to a GOP foreign policy expert in frequent contact with the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The source indicates that \u201c\u2019Rand Paul has persuaded the president that we are not for regime change in Iran\u2026 because adopting that position would instigate another war in the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The source also claims that Rand Paul and Trump share a common enjoyment of poking fun at the war hawks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Kentucky senator and the commander-in-chief have bonded over a shared delight in thumbing their noses at&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/report-rand-paul-is-single-handedly-preventing-war-with-iran.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator is the only real peace maker in Washington Steve WatsonPrison Planet.comAugust 13, 2018 A report citing an unnamed aide to President Trump has suggested that the only reason that the US has not because embroiled in military conflict with Iran is because Rand Paul has the President\u2019s ear on foreign policy and is offsetting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-373215","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373215\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}