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Lindsey Graham Wants 10,000 Troops in Syria: Slammed Rand Paul & jabbed Ted Cruz in a hawkish speech
US News & World Report's The Run 2016 ^
| July 8, 2015
| David Catanese
Posted on 07/08/2015 3:16:55 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Calling Iraq and Syria a "single battle space," Sen. Lindsey Graham said he'd place around 10,000 troops in Syria today if he were president, in order to eradicate the heart of the Islamic State group's attempted caliphate.
That call amounted to one of the most aggressive proposals by a 2016 presidential candidate regarding dealing with Syria, which has been engulfed in years of fighting between the government, rebels and Islamic militants.
In remarks before The Atlantic Council on Wednesday, Graham, R-S.C., said half-measures like arming the Kurds to fight the Islamic State group were insufficient, and name-checked two of his GOP rivals Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul in his critique.
"Sen. Cruz often talks about, 'Just arm the Kurds.' Does anyone really believe the Kurds have the capability, the will and the desire to go and liberate Syria?" Graham asked. "The idea that the Kurds are going to go into Ramadi [in Iraq] as a ground force is not going to happen. The idea that that the Kurds could be the liberating force inside of Syria is a fantasy."(continued)
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TOPICS: Government; Local News; Military/Veterans; Politics; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: army; iraq; isil; isis; jihad; kurds; lindseygraham; military; randpaul; syria; tedcruz
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Did this fool not get the news that the Army just "laid-off" another 40,000 soldiers?
To: 2ndDivisionVet; Kale; Jarhead9297; COUNTrecount; notaliberal; DoughtyOne; MountainDad; ...
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posted on
07/08/2015 3:17:55 PM PDT
by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Hey Lindsey, grab a rifle and go...set the example.
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posted on
07/08/2015 3:18:39 PM PDT
by
corlorde
(Oath Keeper)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Rand Paul wants to cut a heck of a lot more than that.
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posted on
07/08/2015 3:19:27 PM PDT
by
ansel12
(libertarians have always been for gay marriage and polygamy, gay Scout leaders, gay military.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Send Lindsay first.... let him pack a basket of law books to the fight. /sarc
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posted on
07/08/2015 3:20:27 PM PDT
by
ptsal
To: 2ndDivisionVet
arming the Kurds to fight the Islamic State group were insufficientYou never know til you try.
What have we given the Kurds? A few 1903 Springfields?
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posted on
07/08/2015 3:21:14 PM PDT
by
MUDDOG
To: corlorde
Lindsey Graham retired with 33 years in the military.
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posted on
07/08/2015 3:22:13 PM PDT
by
ansel12
(libertarians have always been for gay marriage and polygamy, gay Scout leaders, gay military.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
WoW Lindsay should have waited till he was elected ;)
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posted on
07/08/2015 3:22:42 PM PDT
by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Lindsey should prance his conspicuously happy ass over there and take up arms himself.
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posted on
07/08/2015 3:23:21 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Well, Linda, we armed ISIS, we can arm the Kurds.
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posted on
07/08/2015 3:24:29 PM PDT
by
Colonel_Flagg
("No social transformation without representation." - Justice Antonin Scalia)
To: corlorde
And take that piece of crap McShame with you.
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posted on
07/08/2015 3:24:44 PM PDT
by
lostboy61
(Lock and Load and stand your ground!.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Que the Dukakis in a tank photo.
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posted on
07/08/2015 3:24:53 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: 2ndDivisionVet
His answer is to invade another country? Last I checked Syria didn’t ask for our troops so not only would we be fighting ISIS but we’d be fighting Syria (backed by Russia), the Syrian rebels, and AQ in Syria. Might as well invade Turkey while we’re at it since ISIS is heading that way.
Linda thinks a little tough talk will make up for the rest of his RINO tendencies?
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posted on
07/08/2015 3:25:28 PM PDT
by
Mac n Jac
(www.vetsfightingms.org)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
07/08/2015 3:25:52 PM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
To: Mac n Jac
And Yemen, and Libya and sub-Saharan Africa and....
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posted on
07/08/2015 3:26:37 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
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To: ansel12
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posted on
07/08/2015 3:26:39 PM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I don’t give a crap about Syria or Linda.
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posted on
07/08/2015 3:27:46 PM PDT
by
chris37
(Heartless)
To: ansel12; corlorde
As a lawyer. Nice try, though.
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posted on
07/08/2015 3:28:05 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
07/08/2015 3:28:40 PM PDT
by
AdaGray
To: fortheDeclaration
Could be, but at least he served, we don’t see much of that today.
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posted on
07/08/2015 3:28:43 PM PDT
by
ansel12
(libertarians have always been for gay marriage and polygamy, gay Scout leaders, gay military.)
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