War is not about scoring political points

The folly of rushing to war

By Rand Paul

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In the case of Syria, even if you think we should take some military action — and I don’t think the case has been made for this — the logical questions that follow are:

1. What are the military goals, and what would victory look like?

2. What are the chances of success, rather than simply taking action to send a message?

3. What is the exit strategy, and what happens next?

In Syria, no one has articulated for me a clear military goal. No one has articulated what “victory” looks like. In fact, I’ve noticed that at the end of the day, the military action seems designed to end in stalemate rather than clear victory. This is unacceptable.


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