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John McCain Makes Secret Trip to Syria in Midst of U.S. Assessment
Wall Street Journal ^ | Updated Feb. 22, 2017 4:13 p.m. ET | Dion Nissenbaum

Posted on 02/22/2017 5:21:20 PM PST by Candor7

WASHINGTON—Sen. 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. McCain’s 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. McCain’s 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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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: kurdishstate; kurds; loganact; mccain; mccainsyria; shadowpresident; syria; turkey
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To: butlerweave
"Is McCain leaking Info again?"

That Depends......

41 posted on 02/22/2017 6:03:28 PM PST by HandyDandy (Are we our own rulers?,.......or are we ruled by the judiciary?)
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To: Candor7

Must be really thrilling to be a traitor and knowing you get away with it.


42 posted on 02/22/2017 6:05:33 PM PST by Karl Spooner
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To: Sarah Barracuda

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.


43 posted on 02/22/2017 6:06:20 PM PST by Candor7 (Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: Candor7
He may smile and be friendly to your face but McCain's perfidy goes back a lot further than 2001.

Vietnam Veterans Against McCain YouTube video 7:45

44 posted on 02/22/2017 6:11:47 PM PST by TigersEye (Winning. Winning winning winning every day!!!)
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To: exit82

Yes, I noticed that too.


45 posted on 02/22/2017 6:20:29 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Candor7
When he returns, armed citizens need to meet him at the ramp and bar his reentry. Time to treat him like the conniving, wretched little traitor that he has proven himself to be.

Besides- isn't this a violation of the Logan act?

46 posted on 02/22/2017 6:24:30 PM PST by 60Gunner (The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato)
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To: Fiddlstix

Garrison nails it once again...


47 posted on 02/22/2017 6:24:58 PM PST by DoughtyOne (NeverTrump, a movement that was revealed to be a movement. Thank heaven we flushed!)
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To: DoughtyOne

As Always

48 posted on 02/22/2017 6:28:06 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Fiddlstix

Thanks for the post and the graphic. Nice...


49 posted on 02/22/2017 6:32:03 PM PST by DoughtyOne (NeverTrump, a movement that was revealed to be a movement. Thank heaven we flushed!)
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To: Pride in the USA; Stillwaters

This so-called man needs to be in a nursing home, preferably one in Syria.


50 posted on 02/22/2017 6:33:02 PM PST by lonevoice (diagonally parked in a parallel universe)
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To: DoughtyOne

51 posted on 02/22/2017 6:39:13 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: bigbob

McCain is very experienced in matters of planes crashing.


52 posted on 02/22/2017 6:49:34 PM PST by Red Steel
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To: Candor7

will someone please pay an ISIS operative to do us all a big favor ?


53 posted on 02/22/2017 7:01:10 PM PST by LeoWindhorse (America First !)
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To: Candor7

ESAD John McCain.


54 posted on 02/22/2017 7:04:23 PM PST by PGalt (HOORAY President Donald J. Trump)
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To: Candor7

Why doesn’t the Logan act apply to him?


55 posted on 02/22/2017 7:07:42 PM PST by ImaGraftedBranch (by reading this, you have collapsed my wave function. Thanks, pal.)
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To: Candor7

Hey McCain......Stay there.


56 posted on 02/22/2017 7:09:48 PM PST by EnglishOnly (Fight all out to win OR get out now.)
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To: Candor7

“The Shadow President” fits him to a T.


57 posted on 02/22/2017 7:10:00 PM PST by McGruff (#PlugTheLeaks)
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59 posted on 02/22/2017 7:12:06 PM PST by McGruff (#PlugTheLeaks)
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To: Candor7

60 posted on 02/22/2017 7:15:13 PM PST by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum)
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