There is not, and never was, a slam-dunk case for US intervention in Syria. This is all of a piece with the anarchy in Libya, and the very serious coup that has taken place in Egypt. The Shi’ites based in the Islamic Republic of Iran are engaged in a turf war with the Sunni faction based in Saudi Arabia.
The great shame of the US Senate is that there several Senators wholly-owned by the Saudi royal family, and they are the ones agitating for intervention against the Iranian Shi’ite faction (McCain and Lindsey Graham). But in the wider reality, both Russia and to a lesser extent, China, have sided with the Iranians.
“Foreign policy issues” is just code for “protecting the interests of the Saudi royal family”.
What was the trigger for the Great War in 1914, again?
We all know what they have on McCain. He’s at the end of his life and he’s willing to sacrifice this country to keep the world from knowing his whole life has been a fraud. He had a choice in 1973. He could be courtmartialed and drummed out of the Navy, if not executed. Or he could be someone’s puppet.
This also proves the press has been a part of the cover-up since the information was there but never reported.
You forgot to toss in the Bush family (I & II) and the Clintons. The Saudis learned the Abscam lesson and have adjusted accordingly.
Why aren’t we energy self-sufficient already?