Rand Paul: Hillary Clinton 'eager to shoot first' and ask questions later in Syria

Sen. Rand Paul's (R-Ky.) needling of Hillary Clinton continued Thursday with an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal in which the Kentucky lawmaker argued that Clinton almost empowered ISIS in Syria through her rash, hawkish approach to foreign policy.

Last year, the Obama administration considered sending significant military assistance to the Syrian rebels battling entrenched President Bashar al Assad. Yet Assad's opposition was diverse, including militants from a then-nascent ISIS, who have gone on to sweep across the country and into Iraq, ultimately emerging as the most potent threat in the region.

Here's Paul:

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The op-ed comes after Paul, in a pre-taped interview that aired Sunday on Meet the Press, called Clinton a "war hawk" and said Democrats were scared he could trounce her in a presidential election.