Posted on 02/20/2012 7:43:01 AM PST by WPaCon
John McCain and Lindsey Graham both think it's time the US began to arm the Syrian rebels.
New York Times:
The senators, John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, both Republicans, laid out a series of diplomatic, humanitarian and military aid proposals that would put the United States squarely behind the effort to topple President Bashar al-Assad of Syria. The senators, both of whom are on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said that rebel fighters deserved to be armed and that helping them take on the Syrian government would aid Washington's effort to weaken Iran.
Syria relies on Iran for financial and military support, and the governments in Damascus and Tehran have sectarian ties as well: Iran has strongly backed the Syrian Shiite minority and the offshoot Alawite sect that makes up Syria's ruling class.
"I believe there are ways to get weapons to the opposition without direct United States involvement," Mr. McCain said. "The Iranians and the Russians are providing Bashar Assad with weapons. People that are being massacred deserve to have the ability to defend themselves."
"So I am not only not opposed," he said, "but I am in favor of weapons being obtained by the opposition."
Marc Lynch (Abu Aardvark) thinks that's a horrible idea:
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Rino’s - the left supported the overthrow of Egypts President and look what is taking over that country. These two absolutely have no common sense -too old to think clearly and brain washed by politics.
“That McCain sure is a slow learner, isn’t he.”
You are being way too generous.
Isn’t it about time for his morning meds and a fresh paid of Depends?
McCainiac, never met a war he didn’t like.
Exactly. Thanks for saying what I was thinking.
The so-called rebels are Sunni Moslems ~ they are the descendants of the very same Sunni who invaded Homs, a formerly Christian enclave at the time of the division of the former Ottoman Empire.
They drove most of the Christians out of the country where they became refugees. Many thousands moved to America. Bunch of them live in Indianapolis and various towns in Ohio.
Why am I not surprised to find McCain on the side of the Sunni, and against the Christians?
McStain has senile dementia. He needs to be put in a home.
The Republicans really hog-tied themselves when they nominated McCain last election. And they are about to do so again if Romney becomes the nominee.
I have a few suggestions for McIdiot.
The socialist Syrian government is bad. An islamic Syrian government would be even worse. The only benefit to their fighting is thinning out the herd.
I think McCain needs to check into a psychiatric hospital.
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