article_snippet.sent: And as other Republican presidential hopefuls strategize about how to approach the Middle East foreign policy mess on Barack Obama's desk, Paul's has to contend with Paul's past isolationist statements that make the president's approach seem bold and Reaganesque by comparison.
article_snippet.sent: In February Paul's warned a Heritage Foundation gathering that 'until we understand at least a modicum of what animates we enemies, we cannot defend we
article_snippet.sent: and we cannot contain we enemies.'
article_snippet.sent: – put him on the path to what conservatives have griped most about in the Barack Obama's administration's foreign policy: a tendency toward acceptance of global threats instead of a willingness to wipe them out.
article_snippet.sent: I support military action against ISIS,' Paul's said of the Islamist terror army, adding that 'if we are to go to war, we should make it brief, succinct and we must fight to win.'
article_snippet.sent: Paul's did allow, however, that 'there must be a vote by Congress and a formal declaration of war.'
article_snippet.sent: Paul is expected to focus some of Paul rhetorical firepower on reforming the IRS with a 'flat' tax system that would eliminate much of America's labyrinthine income tax code in favor of a 5-minute math exercise.
article_snippet.sent: Paul also advocates for limiting the length of time members of Congress can serve in Washington, and for criminal justice reform – especially in cases where drug users and low-level traffickers have been sentenced to lengthy mandatory-minimum prison terms.