Posted under Foreign affairs & Interventionism
I don’t mean to step on Walter’s post below, but Rubio’s speech is creating quite the Internet buzz, and I wanted to direct our readers attention to some reactions to it.
Rubio is obnoxiously interventionist. His speech was a caricature of deluded interventionism. In addition to the dozy of a quote Walter gives us below, check out this beauty:
And I disagree with voices in my own party who argue we should not engage at all. Who warn we should heed the words of John Quincy Adams not to go “abroad, in search of monsters to destroy”.
This quote can be found in this interventionist apologia by John Tabin at American Spectator.
Jack Hunter hammers Rubio here.
Pat Buchanan’s biographer discusses the speech here.
Michael Brendan Dougherty calls Rubio out here.
And Daniel Larson is hammering him repeatedly. (Here, here, here, here, here, & here)
Update: Robert Kagan wrote Rubio’s speech.
Update II: Here is Reid Smith’s humorous take.
C Bowen (Hawthorne) on 26 Apr 2012 at 8:38 pm #
Red;
The following paragraph has to be included:
““I disagree because all around us we see the human face of America’s influence in the world. It actually begins with not just our government, but our people. Millions of people have been the catalyst of democratic change in their own countries. But they never would have been able to connect with each other if an American had not invented Twitter. The atrocities of Joseph Kony would still be largely unknown. But in fact, millions now know because an American filmmaker made a short film about it and then distributed it on another American invention YouTube. ”
Rubio has now endorsed a foreign policy by Facebook Likes.
Kirt Higdon on 27 Apr 2012 at 12:14 am #
I think that Rubio thought he was Romney’s default choice for VP and so could play it coy. But the rise of Portman has made that doubtful, so now Rubio has to prove that he will not only fit in with but is fit to lead Romney’s team of rabid warmongers. To be able to out-warmonger the likes of Bonkers Bolton is no mean feat, but Rubio is up to the task. Will Obama send the special forces after that Kony guy? Hell, Mitt and Marco will nuke him.
roho on 27 Apr 2012 at 2:53 pm #
Rubio likes Flip-Floping as much as Romney. His family was catholic in Miami, moved to Nevada and became mormans, then moved back to Miami and returned to catholicism………..As a VP, he may be required to go to Asia. Will he return a Buddist? If he can flip to fit in on something like faith, what else will he flip on?
The “Stupid Party” may give Romney a foreign policy guru?……..Condi Rice?……….I don’t think Presidential candidates have as much say over the VP choice as one would think anyway.
Feltan on 28 Apr 2012 at 3:29 am #
Savrola,
Would you care to expound on this: “Third-worlders, even the whiter ones like Rubio are very susceptible to religion.”
While I am not keen on Rubio, especially recently, this comment strikes me as being a bit over the top. Perhaps I am just misunderstanding.
Regards,
Feltan
Feltan on 29 Apr 2012 at 6:35 am #
Savrola,
A quick Google search didn’t turn up anything earth shattering.
However, I wasn’t as clear as I should have been. Acutally, the comment about Rubio being a Whiter Shade of Pale for a third-worlder is what struck me odd.
First, Rubio was born in the U.S. While his parents were from Cuba, I wouldn’t consider him a third-worlder. Second, I’m not sure if having less pigmentaion makes one less “susceptible to religion,” and whether that suscetibility is a function of first, second or third world peoples.
Perhaps what you are trying to get across is more than can be readily explained in a comment section.
Regards,
Feltan
Kirt Higdon on 29 Apr 2012 at 11:19 am #
Looks like we’re getting our own version of Rubio here in Texas. Ted Cruz is making a strong run in the Republican primary to replace Kay-baby. He’s proud of his support of the Iraq War, the surge, and John McCain. Says he supports the Patriot Act but “understands” people’s concerns about it. To my chagrin, Ron and Rand Paul are making joint campaign appearances with Cruz. What’s with that???!!!
roho on 29 Apr 2012 at 2:38 pm #
Rubio………See Dan Quyale 1988…..41 years old.
Too young.
Kirt Higdon on 30 Apr 2012 at 3:50 pm #
I’ll pull back on my criticism of the Pauls. The event or events are sponsored by an independent group and the Pauls and Cruz were among those invited. For Ron or Rand to refuse to attend because Cruz was also invited would be the equivalent of Ron Paul refusing to participate in any of the Republican debates. Debates and candidate forums are bound to bring people with a lot of disagreements onto the same platform.