While Mr. Rubio has said “we need to begin to prepare people for” a strike against Iran to prevent them from becoming a nuclear power, Mr. Paul was the sole senator to vote against a non-binding resolution (sponsored by Mr. Graham) to oppose Iran’s nuclear program, saying “A vote for this resolution is a vote for the concept of pre-emptive war.”
While Mr. Paul disagreed with former Republican nominee Mitt Romney’s support for Syrian rebels and said that he does not “support a call for intervention in Syria,” Mr. Rubio has said “What the opposition really needs is access to ammunition… And I think that’s a step I’m prepared to advocate for.”
While Mr. Rubio has stated his “belief that Afghanistan’s security is critical to our own security” and said that the United States’ military commitment “should reject artificial timelines for troop withdrawals,” Mr. Paul wrote that “America would be more secure and stronger economically if we recognized that we have largely achieved our objectives in Afghanistan and moved aggressively to bring our troops and tax dollars home.”
While Mr. Paul voted to end congressional authorization for the Iraq War, Mr. Rubio voted against that amendment and has said that “the world is better off because [former Iraqi dictator] Saddam Hussein is no longer in charge.”
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