Graham calls for American boots on the ground in Syria
Source: Foreign Policy
Posted By Josh Rogin Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - 2:14 PM
In the face of new reports alleging chemical weapons use in Syria, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) called Tuesday for the United States to put American troops inside Syria to secure the WMD sites there.
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Graham told The Cable in an interview Tuesday that whether or not the attack can be confirmed as the first use of chemical weapons in the 24-month Syrian civil war, the United States must devise and implement a plan to secure Syrian chemical weapons sites and deploy U.S. troops to do it if necessary.
"My biggest fear beyond an Iranian nuclear weapons capability is the chemical weapons in Syria falling in the hands of extremists and Americans need to lead on this issue. We need to come up with a plan to secure these weapons sites, either in conjunction with our partners [or] if nothing else by ourselves," Graham said.
Asked if he would support sending U.S. troops inside Syria for the mission, Graham said yes.
"Absolutely, you've got to get on the ground. There is no substitute for securing these weapons," he said. "I don't care what it takes. We need partners in the region. But I'm here to say, if the choice is to send in troops to secure the weapons sites versus allowing chemical weapons to get in the hands of some of the most violent people in the world, I vote to cut this off before it becomes a problem."
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Troops in the middle of a Civil War between the Syrian Army, Sunni population, PLO,HAMAS,Hezebulla,Sunni Lebanese population,Iraqi Sunni population,Sh ia populations in both Iran and Iraq, Alqaeda elements in North Africa and lets not forget the Muslim Brotherhood of course in Egypt. All to to secure the chemical stock pile of Assad. Now we know Iran's Revolutionary guard unit has been secretly operating with the Syrian military and Iran's military also has a large supply of these weapons in case of an attack by the U.S. and Israel. Why don't we just invite the Taliban and North Koreans to the Party while you are at it Lindsey. They have been wanting easier access to U.S. Troops and Israel all along. They will have them all in one area now for their Jihad. He sure has a lot of confidence in our Arab Allies. Lets just hope it is not like Custer's last stand.
Let's deploy Senator Lindsey Graham to Syria!
Ya beat me to it! Send this sabre-rattling dolt in there as the advance wave. The added bonus would be the upshoot of the IQ average in the senate while he's away. 
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So all Syrians lose their 'innocence' because the belong to one group or another? Does that then mean that the killing of civilians either intentionally or as 'collateral damage' is acceptable in civil wars because they are not 'innocent'?
"Who are the Alawites trying to overthrow Assad? He just wants to tilt the conflict to one side or the other."
Alawites are 10-12% of Syria's population. Your statement could be interpreted as condoning the use of Syria's military to maintain their undemocratic hold ("tilt the conflict to one side" over the Syrian population. Whites represented about 20% of South Africa's population in apartheid days. I do not think most liberals condoned the white government's use of the military and police to maintain their undemocratic (only whites could vote after all) hold over South Africa's population.
Why do we make excuses for Assad and Syria's Alawites that we would not have made for South Africa's whites?
According to the Repugs, we're broke because Obama is a profligate spender.
Life is short. Memory is shorter.
