Rand Paul Shoots One Of John Kerry's Most Famous Anti-War Quotes Back At Him

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Sunday that it would be a "mistake" to get involved militarily in Syria, referencing a young John Kerry to make his point.

"I wish he remembered more of how awful war is," Paul said on "Meet the Press" of the now-Secretary of State Kerry.

Paul even used a common Kerry refrain - one he used frequently during his 2004 presidential run - to suggest that he wouldn't vote to approve a Congressional resolution for military action.

"How can you ask a man to be the first one to die for a mistake?" Paul said, twisting a quote Kerry gave before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1971 on the Vietnam War, when he was the face of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War.

Kerry appeared on "Meet the Press" just before Paul, where he made the case for military action. He said that the U.S. has evidence that the Bashar al-Assad regime has used sarin gas, comparing Assad to Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein.