Posted on 08/12/2016 5:03:06 PM PDT by John Semmens
Arizona Senator John McCain (R) took issue with GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump's statement that President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were co-founders of ISIS.
"President Obama may have given the final decision to back these guys based on Secretary Clinton's recommendation, but I was the one on the ground in Syria who met with them before they were big," McCain pointed out. "Were it not for my preliminary work the later steps taken by Obama and Clinton wouldn't have been possible. So, I think it's only fair that I receive some recognition for the historic rise of this group."
To further bolster his claim McCain boasted of his continued links to the terrorist group. "We still talk frequently by phone," he said. "Sure there's a lot of 'death to America' rhetoric coming from them, but there also is some constructive two-way dialog. I think I'm gaining their trust and can serve as a bridge to a mutually satisfactory accommodation of our differing interests."
Presidential Press Secretary Josh Earnest contested McCain's claims. "Senator McCain's schmoozing with the forerunners of ISIL played no role in the President's decision to arm this group to fight against Syrian dictator Assad," Earnest contended. "Neither did it influence the plan jointly conceived by Secretary Clinton and Ambassador Stevens to ship them weapons through Libya."
Earnest asserted that "emails from the cache of Secretary Clinton's deleted files confirm that the major actors who convinced the President on this matter were Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice and Samantha Power. This is not to say that Senator McCain wasn't trying to play a role, only that his role did not affect the President's decision to take action. The bottom line is that the Senator is not as important as he imagines."
Meanwhile, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ken) called for Hillary Clinton to be indicted for lying to Congress about secret arms shipments to Islamic terrorists. "In 2013 Secretary Clinton gave sworn testimony denying any knowledge of arms shipments to Al Qaeda rebels opposing the Assad regime in Syria," Paul remembered. "Now we see that she was privy to emails detailing this very transaction. Lying under oath is perjury. Her claimed 'brain short-circuit' is not exculpatory."
In related news, one of Hillary's unsecured emails exposed the identity of an Iranian nuclear scientist, Shahram Amiri, who had been covertly assisting US intelligence to gather information about Iran's nuclear weapons program. Hillary's emails were cited by the Iranian government in their case against him. Amiri was executed last week. Clinton campaign manager maintained that "in the grand scheme of things this is not a big deal. The fact of the matter is that Amiri was a traitor to his country. Traitors ought to be executed. Whether Secretary Clinton's emails played a role in this outcome or not justice was still served."
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/201908-2016-08-12-semi-news-semi-satire-august-14-2016-edition.htm
Sure he’s gaining their trust. Next time he goes to meet with them will he come back in one piece or in little bits and pieces.
So where is the satire?
McCain must be feeling a bit jealous, as HE is knee deep in ISIS’s creation.
Screw you Songbird.
Voting for longshot Kelli Ward on my AZ primary early ballot, against John McCain.
A related issue from the incompetent State Department of Hillary Clinton.
It’s getting harder to know what is satire these days.
McCain was neck deep in arming the jihadists as was Graham and Rubio.
This says “satire” but McCain was actually the third leg of the stool (sample) that created ISIS
Ok John (McCain), we will HAPPILY give you credit too for aiding and abetting the rise of ISIS and its attacks on Americans.
There is a book out entitled “Target Israel” how Obama created ISIS.
Is it my imagination or were their photos of McCain, Lindsay, and the commanders of what later became ISIS glad-handing one another?
John McCain, still building his legacy at age 79.
Yes, it is true. McCain should receive partial credit for cofounding Isis.
You memory is correct.
Relative to John McCain I wish I were half the man Captain McCain was as a pilot. I am ten times the man called Senator McCain. What the hell happened to Captain McCain? Senator McCain is a disgrace to the uniform he once wore.
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