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

[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)

[2ndDivisionVet]

Did this fool not get the news that the Army just "laid-off" another 40,000 soldiers?

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[corlorde]

Hey Lindsey, grab a rifle and go...set the example.

[ansel12]

Rand Paul wants to cut a heck of a lot more than that.

[ptsal]

Send Lindsay first.... let him pack a basket of law books to the fight. /sarc

[MUDDOG]

arming the Kurds to fight the Islamic State group were insufficient

You never know til you try.

What have we given the Kurds? A few 1903 Springfields?

[ansel12]

Lindsey Graham retired with 33 years in the military.

[PghBaldy]

WoW Lindsay should have waited till he was elected ;)

[cripplecreek]

Lindsey should prance his conspicuously happy ass over there and take up arms himself.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Well, Linda, we armed ISIS, we can arm the Kurds.

[lostboy61]

And take that piece of crap McShame with you.

[Huskrrrr]

Que the Dukakis in a tank photo.

[Mac n Jac]

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?

[fortheDeclaration]

What an idiot!

[2ndDivisionVet]

And Yemen, and Libya and sub-Saharan Africa and....

[fortheDeclaration]

Don’t ask, don’t tell?

[chris37]

I don’t give a crap about Syria or Linda.

[2ndDivisionVet]

As a lawyer. Nice try, though.

[AdaGray]

Lindsey’s a loser.

[ansel12]

Could be, but at least he served, we don’t see much of that today.