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http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-politics/20130911/US-United-States-Syria-McCain/"I feel very badly for my friends in the Free Syrian Army today," McCain said.
The Arizona Republican said that he is not against negotiating to defuse the chemical weapons issue, but he also said, "There's nothing that will drive Syrians more into the hands of extremists than to feel they have been abandoned by the West."
One of the persistent questions about U.S. policy in war-ravaged Syria is to what extent the terrorist network al-Qaida is involved in the efforts to end Assad's rule. McCain said President Barack Obama should have acted more forcefully against Assad many months ago.
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sufrommich
(22,871 posts)I was going to post that.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)of grouchy cat,so if you want to one up me,there you go.
burnsei sensei
(1,820 posts)Myrina
(12,296 posts).. I hear you flew a Navy jet once upon a time ...
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)he'd fly for the Syrian air force.
durablend
(7,460 posts)Without our even having to lift a finger!
Drale
(7,932 posts)We spent way to much on those planes to let John "Hot-Shot" McCain burn another Aircraft carrier to the hull.
Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Scuba
(53,475 posts)tularetom
(23,664 posts)Why anybody gives a rats ass what this dbag thinks is beyond me.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)not the Free Syrian Army.
It is, however, disconcerting, to say the least, that a senior U.S. Senator has "friends" in a rebel faction in a civil war.
burnsei sensei
(1,820 posts)My eyes are dry, and I'm sick of war.
So shove it up your ass and retire, as you should have twenty years ago!
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)sibelian
(7,804 posts)Don't spoil it.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)JI7
(89,252 posts)as much as being opposed to certain cruel acts . and that would apply to any side which did it.
EC
(12,287 posts)he can't keep.
ocpagu
(1,954 posts)"I feel very badly for my friends in the Free Syrian Army today," McCain said. "
His friends?
Birds of a feather, indeed.