Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., told Newsmax on Wednesday he has little sympathy for suspected Venezuelan gang members killed in a U.S. military strike on a vessel allegedly carrying illicit drugs, but he questioned what the operation means for America’s role abroad.
On “Rob Schmitt Tonight,” Paul, chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, said that although “nobody’s going to have any kind of lost love” for drug traffickers, the U.S. risks assuming the role of “the world’s policeman” by conducting such strikes in international waters.
“It sounds good on the face of it,” Paul said. “But really, where does it end? Is it really the constitutional duty of our government to be policing international drug trade everywhere around the world?”
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