>> I COULDN'T AGREE MORE WITH
THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION.
THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF AN
OBAMA DECISION.
TRUMP IS TAKING US OUT.
CONGRESS HAS NEVER DECLARED WAR
OR AUTHORIZED THE USE OF
MILITARY FORCE IN SYRIA.
WE SHOULDN'T BE THERE ANYWAY.
>> Bill: SENATOR MIKE LEE
BACKING THE PRESIDENT'S
DECISION TO GET TROOPS OUT OF
SYRIA.
SENATOR RAND PAUL, MEMBER OF
THE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE.
A LOT OF OUR COLLEAGUES
DISAGREE.
WHY DO YOU SUPPORT THE
BEGINNING OF THIS MOVE IN SYRIA?
>> THIS IS A VERY BOLD MOVE FOR
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
EXACTLY WHAT HE PROMISED THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
IN FACT, IT IS ONE OF THE
REASONS HE WON THE ELECTION.
HE IS DIFFERENT THAN SO MANY
REPUBLICANS THAT WANT TO BE
EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME AROUND
THE WORLD THAT THEY WANT US TO
BE THE WORLD'S POLICEMAN THAT
EVERY WAR ON THE PLANET WE HAVE
TO HAVE OUR SOLDIERS INVOLVED
WITH.
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE WOULD
TREAT AMERICA FIRST.
I THINK BRINGING SOME OF THAT
MONEY HOME, WHETHER IT GOES
TOWARDS BORDER SECURITY,
WHETHER IT GOES TOWARDS
BUILDING BRIDGES AND ROADS IN
OUR COUNTRY.
THERE ARE A LOT OF INDEPENDENT
VOTERS AND PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE
IN THE STATES THAT PRESIDENT
TRUMP WON, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA,
WISCONSIN, THESE ARE STATES
THAT NO OTHER REPUBLICAN WON.
THEY WANT TO BE AT WAR
EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME.
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID WE'LL
FIGHT WHEN WE HAVE TO BUT WHEN
WE WIN WE'LL COME HOME.
INCREDIBLY BOLD MANEUVER.
ALL THE NAYSAYERS IN WASHINGTON
WILL BE AGAINST HIM.
IF YOU ASK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,
THIS IS WHY PRESIDENT TRUMP WON
THE ELECTION.
>> Bill: POINTED QUESTIONS FOR
YOU THEN.
DO YOU BELIEVE IT'S A VEILED
WAY OF GETTING MORE BORDER
SECURITY?
YOU SAVE MONEY IN SYRIA AND PUT
IT TOWARD THE BORDER IN THE
SOUTHWEST?
>> I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE
INTENTION.
I THINK WE HAVE WON THE WAR
AGAINST ISIS AND TAKEN BACK 99%
OF THE LAND.
THE UPPER HAND IS WITH THE
PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE.
SELF-DETERMINATION IS THE
PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE STANDING
UP AND FIENGT.
WE SPENT TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
SHOULD THE IRAQIS DEFEND THEIR
TERRITORY AND THE KURDS DEFEND
THEIR TERRITORY?
ABSOLUTELY.
WE SHOULD NOT ALWAYS HAVE TO
FIGHT EVERYONE ELSE'S BATTLE
AND PAY FOR IT.
CAN ANY MONEY BE SHIFTED FOR A
WALL?
I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE
PURPOSE.
I ADVISED THE PRESIDENT THAT
WE'RE SPENDING $50 BILLION A
YEAR IN AFGHANISTAN AND WE
SHOULD DECLARE VICTORY, COME
HOME FROM AFGHANISTAN AND THAT
MONEY WOULD BE AND COULD BE
USED FOR THE WALL.
>> Bill: I THINK A LOT OF
PEOPLE IN BOWLING GREEN,
KENTUCKY WOULD AGREE WITH YOU
ON THAT.
HOWEVER, YOU HAVE BIGGER
PLAYERS IN IRAQ.
YOU HAVE IRAN AND RUSSIA.
THIS IS A STEW THAT'S HAPPENING
IN SYRIA.
TO LEAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF A
POWER VACUUM PUTS A LOT AT RISK
HERE.
SAUDI ARABIA, PROGRESS IN IRAQ,
FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR ISRAEL AS
WELL, SENATOR.
>> THIS WAS THE DECISION WE
SHOULD HAVE MADE FIVE YEARS AGO
WHEN WE STARTED SUPPORTING
JIHADISTS.
HILLARY CLINTON WAS A BIG
SUPPORTER OF THE RADICAL
ISLAMIST.
THE PEOPLE FOR VIOLENT JIHAD IN
SYRIA.
THEY WERE NO BETTER THAN ASSAD
BUT HILLARY CLINTON AND OBAMA
GOT US INVOLVED IN THAT SYRIAN
WAR AND AT THE TIME REPUBLICANS
WERE MORE UNIFIED IN SAYING
WAIT A MINUTE, THEY WERE SAYING
LIKE SENATOR LEE IS SAYING, WE
DIDN'T VOTE FOR WAR IN SYRIA.
SYRIA IS A MESS BUT WE DIDN'T
CREATE THAT MESS.
WHAT YOU REALLY NEED NOW AND IF
YOU TALK TO THE GENERALS, NOT
ONE OF THEM WILL SAY THERE IS A
MILITARY SOLUTION OVER THERE.
WE NEED TO GET TOGETHER WITH
RUSSIA, WITH IRAQ, WITH IRAN,
WITH TURKEY, WITH ALL OF THE
PLAYERS, WITH SYRIA AND WE NEED
TO HAVE A PEACE NEGOTIATED NOW.
BECAUSE NO ONE IS GOING TO
COMPLETELY WIN THAT WAR.
>> Bill: IT'S A TOUGH
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE TWEET FROM THE PRESIDENT,
ONE OF MANY ON SYRIA.
DOES THE USA WANT TO BE A
POLICEMAN TO THE MIDDLE EAST
NOTHING BUT SPENDING LIVES AND
SPENDING DOLLARS AND THEY DON'T
APPRECIATE WHAT WE'RE DOING.
DO WE WANT TO BE THERE FOREVER?
TIME FOR OTHERS TO FINALLY
FIGHT.
I MENTIONED THE VACUUM.
LET ME MOVE TO THE OPPOSITION.
SENATORS YESTERDAY GAVE MIKE
PENCE AND EARFUL BEHIND CLOSED
DOORS.
IT WILL ONLY RESULT IN
INCREASED PRESENCE IN THE
REGION AND THE DISTRUST OF OUR
PARTNERS AND ALLIES.
VALID POINT THERE.
>> OUR ORIGINAL GOAL WAS TO
DEFEAT ISIS AND WE DID.
99% OF THAIFR LAND IS GONE.
THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE NEED
TO STAND UP AND KEEP ISIS FROM
REORGANIZING.
WE HAVE PEOPLE STRUGGLING IN
OUR COUNTRY TO MAKE A LIVING,
STRUGGLING ON BAD ROADS AND BAD
SCHOOLS.
LET'S TAKE CARE OF AMERICA
FIRST AND NOT SAY WE HAVE TO
REBUILD EVERY OTHER COUNTRY AND
SEND OUR SOLDIERS INTO HARM'S
WAY IN EVERY OTHER COUNTRY AND
THAT WE'RE NEVER COMING HOME.
I THINK IT'S INTERESTING.
YOU HAD A SOLDER ON EARLIER
THIS MORNING ON "FOX & FRIENDS"
WHO SAID IT EXACTLY RIGHT.
HE SERVED OVER THERE AND HE
SAID LOOK, WE CAN'T STAY
FOREVER.
WE SHOULDN'T STAY FOREVER.
WHEN WE RISK OUR YOUNG LIVES
THERE IS NO REASON WHY WE HAVE
TO KEEP DOING IT AND KEEP DOING
IT.
THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE NEED
TO STAND UP AND DEFEND THEIR
COUNTRIES.
WE CAN HELP BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE SHOULD OBEY THE CONSTITUTION