More Republicans are embracing non-interventionism and rejecting war

Newsmax’s Kenny Cody writes, “One of the most significant policy shifts over the last 5-10 years of conservatism has more than likely been the embrace of the anti-interventionist mindset.

Republicans in the House and Senate, such as Rand Paul, Thomas Massie, Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Paul Gosar and others have aggressively stood against the promotion of endless war in the halls of Congress. This includes advocating for the withdrawal of troops overseas and in Middle East countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as voting to repeal the 2002 Authorization of Use of Military Force.

The most recent important U.S. policy shift has been the right's take on war.

Figures such as @RandPaul, @RepThomasMassie, @mattgaetz, @RepMTG, @laurenboebert, and @DrPaulGosar have shifted the @GOP's take on anti-interventionism. My latest for @newsmax:https://t.co/xlaimBeSZs — Kenny Cody (@KDCodyTN) January 6, 2022

This did not just start within the last 3 or 4 years…

…during former Congressman Ron Paul’s presidential campaign, he talked on and on about the dangers of an interventionist foreign policy abroad fiscally, morally and pragmatically. Paul argued that the United States should not act as the world police or burn taxpayer money feeding the military-industrial complex for the sake of establishing an international stranglehold on reputation abroad.

Most Republicans at that time looked at the position as heresy, seeing as the GOP continuously defended former President George W. Bush’s Iraq War efforts for nearly a decade.

However, the tide indeed turned when former President Donald Trump started to advocate for similar positions on the Iraq War and endless war in general during the 2016 Republican presidential primary debates.”

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