United States Senator Rand Paul says the Obama administration’s decision to intervene in Libya contradicts the president’s campaign statements about military action without Congressional approval.
Addressing a group of Iowa College Republicans on Saturday, Paul said Obama’s airstrikes in Libya are hypocritical. He pointed out that Obama’s pre-election statement that presidents should not unilaterally authorize military action unless an imminent threat exists.
The Kentucky Republican made similar remarks in delivering a speech on the Senate floor last week.
“We are engaging in a third war at a time when our country is struggling under an enormous debt and involved in two other wars,” he said, according to The Hill. “I will be very interested to see whether other senators support the candidate Barack Obama or now the hypocritical version that has become our president.”