Rand Paul: “What if it was always reported that freedom fighters were killed, as it was when they were our friends and our allies?…”

“What if it was always reported that freedom fighters were killed, as it was when they were our friends and our allies? The whole thing would change. But, no, we call them militants and we call them insurgents. But they were formerly our allies and our so-called friends. So this is just a reflection on the ridiculousness of our analyst policy of intervention and how so often our allies and our friends turn against us, and how our money, taxpayers' money, so often is used against us. I think this is a perfect example. We would like to stop it. That's why we brought this resolution up. We don't want to see this war spread, and we want the American people to know about it, and we want this Congress to know about it, because foreign policy isn't even written in the Constitution. The responsibility of how we run our foreign affairs is with the U.S. Congress; and when we go to war, it should be a congressional function, not an executive function; and some day we may get there, but right now, today, we have to do our very best to let people know the shortcomings of the policy we're following in Pakistan.”