Posted on 02/22/2017 5:21:20 PM PST by Candor7
WASHINGTONSen. 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. McCains 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. McCains 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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That Depends......
Must be really thrilling to be a traitor and knowing you get away with it.
He probably went to give his butt buddy Al Baghdadi more weapons..he did such a good job the last time he went there>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I personally met John McCain and his daughter Meghan at a fundraising dinner in Vermont. I was one of the highland pipers who piped him into that dinner, December of 2001, I think it was.. He was a nice guy in 2001. Meghan was a bashful college student traveling on her father’s campaign bus on its New England tour,during his primary with George W. Bush.
Something happened to McCain when he narrowly lost the primary to George W. in North Carolina, on the last minute false story generated by the Bush campaign that McCain was not in favor of supporting veterans on medical and pension issues. That cost McCain the presidency.He was never the same after that, turning into a sneaky traitorous a$$ who would betray the Republican Party with bipartisan dealings at every turn.McCain no longer is a patriot. McCain is a loser, and acts like a bitter one, just as the Donald has said.
Now President Trump is about to haul McCain up short.I am just now wondering how the Donald will do it.I suspect it will involve a lot of money.
Vietnam Veterans Against McCain YouTube video 7:45
Yes, I noticed that too.
Besides- isn't this a violation of the Logan act?
Garrison nails it once again...
As Always
Thanks for the post and the graphic. Nice...
This so-called man needs to be in a nursing home, preferably one in Syria.
McCain is very experienced in matters of planes crashing.
will someone please pay an ISIS operative to do us all a big favor ?
ESAD John McCain.
Why doesn’t the Logan act apply to him?
Hey McCain......Stay there.
“The Shadow President” fits him to a T.
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