Posted on 04/28/2011 7:57:09 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
President Obama should "state unequivocally" that Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad should step down from power, Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said Thursday.
The trio ramped up pressure on Obama to take a stronger stance against the Assad regime, which has violently cracked down on anti-government protesters demanding reforms.
"We urge President Obama to state unequivocally — as he did in the case of Qaddafi and Mubarak — that it is time for Assad to go," the senators said in a statement, referring to the leaders of Libya and Egypt. "The President should take tangible diplomatic and economic measures to isolate and pressure the Assad regime, including through targeted sanctions against Assad himself and other regime officials who are responsible for gross human rights abuses."
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russia has a fleet stationed on the med in syria.
These guys are just looking for an excuse to hit the International scene.
Well, actually it’s just one war and we’re fighting it with one toe in the water. What’s worse is that the sporadic and misdirected efforts we are applying are to opposing sides on different fronts. But don’t worry, the genii responsible have shuffled chairs so everything will be differently the same now. Or perhaps similarly different.
It’s going to take alot more than the 3 mouseketeers ruffling the feathers of the unwashed & unknowest before they ascend from the depths of irrelevancy.
Post #6 sums it up well.
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