Rand Paul: “I would rather not categorize this as dealing with an elephant for obvious reasons. But I would like to say that my…”

“I would rather not categorize this as dealing with an elephant for obvious reasons. But I would like to say that my amendment deals with what I consider a monster, and that monster to me is careless foreign military interventionism in which we engage way too often and something we are getting ready to further engage ourselves now in Colombia. I am quite convinced that, when most of the Members go back to their districts, they never brag and they never say that, 'I go to Washington, and I always vote for the United States to be the policemen of the world.' Quite frankly, I believe most of us go home and say that we do not believe that the United States should be the policemen of the world. Earlier on, we debated the issue of whether or not our allies are paying their fair share, and it is obvious they are not. So not only do we defer to them for policy and we extend ourselves throughout the world, we actually end up paying the bill, as most American citizens know.”