distinguish himself from the 20 other republicans slated to run pfr mol pfr. molly, senator paul in his speech obviously trying to disswath fears of people who prefer a more muscular policy said that radical islam is the enemy. he s not afraid to take it on. he will do whatever it takes to defend america. were you vised at how much he talked about national defense and iran and isis? not at all. there is a tremendous amount of hostility toward rand paul precisely on this issue. the hawks in the party are very nervous about his position. so he needed to come out strong. and he is a threat. he is sort of the middle grand d ground between what you normally hear in d.c. politics either the peace nick we re never going to identify what flets face us versus the we re going to get involved in every conflict in the middle east. he presents stortd of a middle ground. we won t get involved in war, but when we do we re going to win and not just get bogged down in nation building. but here s