Rand Paul Shoots One Of John Kerry's Most Famous Anti-War Quotes Back At Him
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Sunday that it would be a "mistake" to get involved militarily in Syria, referencing a young John Kerry to make his point.
"I wish he remembered more of how awful war is," Paul said on "Meet the Press" of the now-Secretary of State Kerry.
"How can you ask a man to be the first one to die for a mistake?" Paul said, twisting a quote Kerry gave before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1971 on the Vietnam War, when he was the face of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War.
Back then, in a preview of the role he would come to play in the Senate, Kerry challenged the committee and said, “How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?”