December 22, 2014 2:56PM 

# How Hawkish Are Republican Voters? 

By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) 

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William Kristol tells the *Washington Post* that Sen. Rand Paul is a “lonely gadfly” on foreign policy:

> “Rand Paul speaks for a genuine sentiment that’s always been in the Republican Party, but maybe it’s 10 percent? 15 percent? 20 percent? I don’t think he’s going to be a serious competitor for guiding Republican foreign policy.”

[At the Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-boaz/cuba-rand-paul-and-a-21st_b_6365854.html) I suggest that Kristol read the polls. They show rising non-interventionist sentiment among Republicans and especially among independents. I argue:

> Americans, including Republicans, are getting tired of policing the world with endless wars. Support for the Iraq war is almost as low as approval of Congress.

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[Defense and Foreign Policy](https://www.cato.org/defense-foreign-policy), [Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics) 

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