Posted on 02/22/2017 5:21:20 PM PST by Candor7
WASHINGTON—Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) secretly traveled to northern Syria last weekend to speak with American military officials and Kurdish fighters at the forefront of the push to drive Islamic State out of their de facto capital of Raqqa, according to U.S. officials.
The unusual visit, which officials said was organized with the help of the U.S. military, came as the Trump administration is debating plans for an accelerated military campaign against Islamic State, also known by the acronyms ISIS and ISIL.
Mr. McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, first traveled to rebel-controlled Syria in 2013, when he met with leaders of the Free Syrian Army, the umbrella group supported by America and its allies. This was believed to be his first visit to Syria since then.
U.S. officials familiar with Mr. McCain’s trip said that the senator traveled to Kobani, the Syrian town on the Turkey border controlled by Kurdish forces since 2012.
In a statement, Mr. McCain’s office confirmed that a trip took place, saying the senator “traveled to northern Syria last week to visit U.S. forces deployed there and to discuss the counter-ISIL campaign and ongoing operations to retake Raqqa.”..................
.........U.S. officials involved in the debate say that it would be difficult, if not impossible, to launch a successful assault on Raqqa in the coming months without working with Kurdish forces. Turkish leaders have been pushing the Trump administration to sideline the Kurdish fighters, but they have not presented a viable alternative plan, U.S. officials said.
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Long past the mussolini treatment needed for him.
McCain represents Arizona, not Syria. What is he doing there and who paid for his trip?
Sounds like he was giving his friends advance warning of an imminent ass kicking.
No telling what can be caught trolling a hundred dollar bill through the senate office building.
McCain’s travel money should be cut off. He is a 2=faced
???. I think he’s trying to usurp General Mattis travelling
around to our allies and troops. He needs to be brought up short.
Just revoke this idiot traitor’s passport once he leaves here so he can’t come back.
Will they keep him this time?
McCain is probably in the early stages of Alzheimer’s. He’s definitely senile.
During the reign of Obama, John McCain met with the terrorist leaders of the Free Syrian Army. The goal of the Obama Administration was to oust the Syrian President, Basher Assad. The Obama coup supported by McCain, Lindsey Graham, John Kerry, Valerie Jarrett and Hillary failed but Syria is a mess and the refugee crisis exploded.
When John McCain goes overseas disaster seems to follow him to the detriment of the United States.
That’s because we treat him like one.
That’s because we treat him like one.
He shouldn’t be doing dangerous stuff like this, planes can crash you know.
Watch for Russian planes to get shot down again soon.
McCain does not yet realize that he is not dealing with a usual run of the mill president. The entire Senate also needs to understand the fact.
If McCain interferes with presidential authority to set military policy without the Senate Armed Services Committee advisory as a whole, McCain will find himself persona non grata with any military operation or any military personnel. The theater of war will consequently be closed to McCain, no more military flights, no McCain trips by boat or even by Navy skiff.
McCain will be sent sniveling back to explain his foolishness to the citizens of Arizona.
He probably went to give his butt buddy Al Baghdadi more weapons..he did such a good job the last time he went there
He probably figured Hillary was going to win, and he needed to meet with them now that Trump is in there.
Trump needs to Hole Juan below his waterline.
The aircraft carrier on fire in the lower right hand corner of the cartoon is # 59—the USS Forrestal!
Only if McCain was flying one.
McCain seems to be scrambling, doubling down on stupidity.
That fake war hero, (IMO), is desperately tied to the the Clintons and NWO.
“Desperate men do desperate things”
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