Rand Paul actually said...

"The lesson of the two-decade debacle in Afghanistan is not that we did not stay long enough. It is that we stayed too long."

"I think it is important to state that at the outset. The al-Qaeda threat had dwindled to a handful of fighters."

"The lesson of nation building in Afghanistan is not that it works but that in Afghanistan it conspicuously failed."

"You won’t admit that it’s dangerous, and for that lack of judgment, I think it’s time that you resign."