As someone who once was a big fan of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL.), I must say I am greatly disappointed in him. Here was someone who I could relate too. We came from the same roots of Upper Middle Class landowning Hispanics and we are both Rightwing Latins. During his 2010 campaign he actually called out Islam by name and mentioned it’s historical Imperialism. Now that he is in Washington he has fallen prey to the Wilsonian “spread Democracy” ideology. He actually believes Islamic nations like Afghanistan can have Democracy. Rubio also called for an invasion and occupation of Libya, a war that benefits Al-Qaeda and the French oil interests. He is either naive or the GOP establishment got to him.
Sen. Marco Rubio sailed into office on the tea-party wave, wagging his finger at the Obama administration’s fiscal mischief. But in the Senate, foreign policy has become his passion.
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Rubio has vocally opposed an increase to the federal government’s debtlimit and chastised the president for not being “serious” about deficit reduction. He has also thrown cold water on Republicans. Before the Senate adjourned for spring recess, Rubio bucked leadership and opposed the Boehner–White House deal to keep the government running, since he found the attached spending cuts insufficient.
But foreign policy is Rubio’s calling. He relishes his spot on the Foreign Relations Committee, where he has been tapped to be a ranking subcommittee member. His portfolio focuses on the Western Hemisphere, building relationships with neighbors on trade and terrorism. His work from that post is piled about the room.
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“Ultimately, if we can provide a level of security there, the Afghans have a chance to build a functional state for themselves,” Rubio says. “You can read about these things, but I think when you visit these places, you get to interact with people and see things firsthand.”
Read the rest: Rubio’s Foreign Policy
Clearly Marco Rubio is being misled. As someone who grew up in the same type of family as I did, he should know Democracy is not compatible with Islamic societies. He knows the history of our ancestors very well and their 700 year fight with Arabic Islamic aggression. Clearly he has naively bought into the so called “freedom agenda” and is blind to the consequences of it in Iraq and Egypt.
On Economic policy, Rubio is spot on and I’m with him 100%. On foreign policy him and I have to part ways. As he said himself, no politician is a Messiah. Rubio is no savior and although I would vote for him as President or his Senate re-election, I would do so with without my previous enthusiasm.
Que Lastima!
Tags: Foreign Policy, Marco Rubio, Wilsonianism
