Senator Rand Paul responds to Obama: “May God help us to avoid an unnecessary war”

SEN. Rand Paul (R-KY): Twelve years after they were attacked by al-Qaida, 12 years after 3,000 Americans were killed by al-Qaida, President Obama now asks us to be allied with al-Qaeda. Americans by a large majority want nothing to do with the civil war in Syria. We see no national security interest in a war between a leader that the exhaust its people and Islamic rebels who kill Christians. Some argue that U.S. credibility is on the line, because President Obama has drawn a red line with chemical weapons, the United States must act or lose credibility. I would say …