No he wasn't. Ron and Rand are both pseudo-intellectuals that libertarians love because they distract from how the working class is being robbed daily by their rulers.
They learned how to control people's minds. While it might not have been as easy as they had hoped, they learned that by dictating the path of least resistance, they can control what most people are going to think and do.
Unfortunately that's a drop in the bucket compared to the ones that do support Israel.