Rand Paul Says Some Evangelicals Have ‘Appeared Too Eager For War’ (VIDEO)

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who has broken with many of his fellow Republicans with his support for non-interventionist foreign policy, said in an interview with Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) that too many on the right — including some Evangelicals — have “appeared too eager for war.”

“I think that it is important that when we talk about war that I think part of Republicans’ problems and frankly, to tell you the truth, some in the Evangelical Christian movement I think have appeared too eager for war,” Paul told CBN’s David Brody. “When people come to me and they’re lobbying for ratcheting up some sort of bellicose policy towards one country, even if it’s a bad country, I tell them, you know, when I read the New Testament and when I read about Jesus, I don’t see them being involved, he wasn’t really involved with the war of his days.”

 

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