Rand Paul recent Senate Vote

[u/Cnthinking]

Why did Rand Paul vote against the bill to block arms sales to lsrael. It doesn't jive with his libertarian position same with a few other Republicans, unless there was something added in the bill he didn't agree with.

Anyone know?

[u/iThinkThereforeiFlam]

Because the overwhelming majority of the arms we sell to Israel are for the Iron Dome, which is entirely defensive in nature and is the one thing preventing a full scale war in the region. Without it, Israel would have no choice but to annex its hostile neighbors. With it, they can tolerate frequent missiles because they can shoot most of them down.

[u/Dr_CSS → u/iThinkThereforeiFlam]

They wouldn't need to annex anybody if they stopped the warmongering