Posted on 11/17/2015 5:28:28 PM PST by Enlightened1
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), 2016 GOP presidential contender, said Monday that it is time for the U.S. to put ground forces in Syria to combat the Islamic State militant group.
"I think we have to have a strategy and that entails American boots on the ground along with a coalition force," McCain said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."
The well known defense hawks said that simply stopping Syrian refugees from entering the U.S. will not solve the national security threat imposed by IS.
The U.S. "can't shut off Syria -- people being raped and murdered," Graham said on CNN's "New Day."
"Shutting that lane down does not protect us," Graham said. "There's other ways for them to get here."
"You got to go in on the ground and hit them there. I'm looking for an away game when it comes to ISIL, not a home game. I want to fight them in their backyard," he said, using an alternate acronym for the Islamic State group.
Graham suggested a force of 80,000 to 100,000 troops from a broad coalition of nations, including regional armies, NATO allies and the U.S.-representing 10 percent of the effort.
"There is no other way to defeat this enemy other than a ground component that we will have to lead and be part of," Graham said.
He said President Barack Obama's decision to send fewer than 50 special operations forces into Syria shows IS that the U.S. "is not serious about degrading and destroying" them.
"ISIL is not invincible," McCain said on "New Day." "It's a matter of whether we have the will to do it."
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If McCain and Linda are for it, I have giant red flags.
George and Lenny are back at it.
Total madness. Been there — Done that. Let the Russians killem all . We are Broke!!
So the monster McGrahamnesty helped create with Obama....they want my son to go die. Yes?
Curious IF they were holding hands as they called.
Shocking!
These idiots are always calling for ground troops. Real war hawks!
Why? They want to bring more Muslims here. We can just avoid the long trip because it will become a problem.
McQueen and his mini-me can pick up their rifles, packs, boots, and sidearms and go in by themselves.
Concur. The two idiots of the Apocalypse.
During the Civil War, it was common for senators and congressmen to take commissions in either the Union or the Confederate armies.
I would propose that both McCain and Graham be commissioned and sent to lead the troops in Syria, preferably at the point.
Suit up, you two assclowns. Vlad can drop you off in Damascus.
If there were ever a milk shortage we could count on Graham and McCain to call for ground troops.
I just don’t think we need to lose more American lives for the rat holes over there anymore. Bomb the he’ll out of them if we need to for our security, then leave them to kill each other.
“ISIL is not invincible,” McCain said on “New Day.”
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You are part of the reason and part of the means by which they came to exist. You should be investigated as an accomplice in war crimes. If you are culpable, you should be shot, Jihad John McCain.
These two back benchers need to sit down and shut up!
Send McAinal and Linda over to advise, train and protect.
I no longer have any respect for anything either of them says. As far as i'm concerned, they are both excellent reverse barometers, and we should do the very opposite of whatever they think.
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