Does Rand Paul Want to Merge the American and Israeli Defense Establishments?

Politics Explaining the Kentucky senator’s NDAA vote. The former Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene posted on X on July 15, “Every Republican Senator voted to merge our military with Israel’s military. The most America LAST thing they could possibly do, selling our military out to a foreign country.” “It’s absolute treason and betrayal,” she added. Greene was referring to a vote the previous day, in which 50 Republican Senators had supported a failed attempt to advance the annual defense policy bill known as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This bill, which authorizes defense spending and sets policy for the military, has attracted considerable controversy for a provision—Section 219 in the House version, and Section 1217 in the Senate version—that would significantly exp