Posted on 07/02/2013 2:49:11 AM PDT by TexGrill
Visiting US Senator John McCain said in Jerusalem Monday that arming the Syrian rebels helped prevent Iran from furthering its ambitions on nuclear weapons, the Israel Army Radio reported.
Commenting on the concerns on his push to arm the rebels that the weapons could fall into the hands of militants who might eventually turn against the United States, McCain said "There are no good options."
"Would you rather have these weapons perhaps falling, some of them, into the hands of the wrong people, or would you rather have (Syrian President) Bashar al-Assad prevail and then encourage Iran to further their ambitions on nuclear weapons?" he asked.
McCain, an outspoken advocate of US military aid to Syrian rebels, has repeatedly called for US deeper involvement in the Syrian conflict, and called for arming the Free Syrian Army when he visited rebel forces in Syria in May.
Meanwhile, Senator Lindsey Graham visiting Israel with McCain also called on arming the Syrian rebels.
Graham asserted that the Obama administration's vacillation on Syria sent a wrong message to Tehran, recalling Obama's pronouncement that the use of chemical weapons in Syria would constitute the breaching of a "red line."
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There are many other options than weaponizing al Qaeda
which ATTACKED America on its homeland not too long ago.
I think you overestimate the actual numbers of AQ involved. In my view, although a presence in Syria, AQ is a powerless minority.
I cite the following video in Egypt. The people are speaking and they are not the Brotherhood nor AQ. They discredit the common accepted view here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vux_-vJvHww&feature=youtu.be
See the picture in post #14.
That is what is the issue.
911 => McCain with al Qaeda
What are you going to believe?
Your eyes ... or Obama’s script before you?
Well, John, hopefully the terrorists you are arming don’t kill any of our ambassadors our servicemen or our citizens with the weapons you armed them with, you stupid, old traitorous fool.
John has lost his marbles. Years ago.
I’ll take Iran’s side in all of these. Iran is not as a lost case as “our friends” Saudis.
In enlightened Saudi Arabia they behead people for witchcraft or insulting a King with some harmless posts on the Internet.
In Iran they have some kind of Republic. Women allowed to drive a car or get any job, to elect and get elected.
It is not rare if young people are kicking a crap out of imams forcing them to wear veils or pray ten times a day.
Iran is more like an Eastern Europe in the 1980s. There are a lot of open minded educated people, many of them fed up with mullahs who has to adjust their politics considering this fact to avoid revolt.
Iran is by far more sane player than any of Al-Qaeda controlled movements no matter how nasty it’s rhetoric aimed for external consumption.
If you aren’t about to demonize it’s people it has a fat chance to lift a yoke of political islam in a near future.
>>>>He is correct. The primary fight is with Iran.
Syria ia an Iranian surrogate/client.
Therefore, eliminating Assad in Syria is the way to go
QED<<<<
What is your plan to fight Iran? last time I’ve check Iran is not into building any Caliphate and no Iranese (or Shia in general) taking over blocks in Western cities to establish Sharia and behead people.
Iran’s problem requires political solution, aimed to weaken the regime and allow it’s people take power in their hands. Unlike Arabs they are pretty capable to build something better than United Hate Caliphate.
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