'I Am Not an Isolationist,' Says Rand Paul

Can we at least get "non-interventionist"?

If I had been in President Obama's shoes, I would have acted more decisively and strongly against ISIS.

Some pundits are surprised that I support destroying the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) militarily. They shouldn't be. I've said since I began public life that I am not an isolationist, nor am I an interventionist. I look at the world, and consider war, realistically and constitutionally.

I still see war as the last resort. But I agree with Reagan's idea that no country should mistake U.S. reluctance for war for a lack of resolve.