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McCain: Trump 'emboldened' Assad with comments on US withdrawal from Syria
CNN ^
| April 8, 2018
| Eli Watkins
Posted on 04/08/2018 7:19:46 PM PDT by Trump20162020
Washington (CNN) - Republican Sen. John McCain said Sunday that President Donald Trump's comments that the US military would leave Syria "very soon" had emboldened Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, resulting in the reported chemical weapons attack Saturday that killed dozens of the country's civilians.
"President Trump last week signaled to the world that the United States would prematurely withdraw from Syria," the Arizona senator said in a statement. "Bashar Assad and his Russian and Iranian backers have heard him, and emboldened by American inaction, Assad has reportedly launched another chemical attack against innocent men, women and children, this time in Douma."
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; Russia; Syria; US: Arizona; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: arizona; assad; braindead; deadratwalkin; donaldtrump; douma; fakenews; gop; israel; johnmccain; mccain; senate; stfu; strawberries; syria; trump; waronterror
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To: Secret Agent Man
I’m going to piss on his grave.
Should be easy to find. It’s the one with all the dead grass.
To: Mariner
"OK, I know he has brain cancer and his death is imminent."
Not imminent enough so it seems.
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posted on
04/08/2018 7:33:58 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: Trump20162020
Hey Johnnie, send your kids over there then.
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posted on
04/08/2018 7:34:02 PM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(My "White Privilege" is my work ethic.)
To: airborne
Juan is doing little other these days than drooling in a cup and giggling when he goes boom-boom in his Depends
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posted on
04/08/2018 7:35:48 PM PDT
by
digger48
To: dynoman
McCain should shut up. You know, Reagan once famously told him to do just that.
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posted on
04/08/2018 7:36:06 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: thoughtomator
That was great! I’m stealing it.
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posted on
04/08/2018 7:36:17 PM PDT
by
mkleesma
(`Call to me, and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.')
To: Enlightened1
McLame doesn’t want anyone to hurt his BFF’s.
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posted on
04/08/2018 7:36:48 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
(Not my circus, not my monkeys)
To: Trump20162020
I guess Assad gave McCain a call.
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posted on
04/08/2018 7:37:04 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
( An Armed Society is a Polite Society. An Unarmed Society is North Korea.)
To: Trump20162020
And McCain’s ISIS buddies said, “Amen, bro.”
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posted on
04/08/2018 7:37:16 PM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Trump20162020
Drop the Puppet Strings Ms. McCain and let your Husband die a dignified death.
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posted on
04/08/2018 7:43:15 PM PDT
by
DAC21
To: Trump20162020
Brain cancer. Tragic. Needs to be replaced. Hopefully by someone more reliable and sensible.
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posted on
04/08/2018 7:45:24 PM PDT
by
faithhopecharity
("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
To: montag813
“ More proof — in addition to Evan McMormon’s tweet earlier — that this was a massive false flag event to prolong/increase U.S. involvement in that useless quagmire.“
this
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posted on
04/08/2018 7:45:44 PM PDT
by
vooch
(America First Drain the Swamp)
To: DAC21
She is the one I believe is pulling the strings. Funny you said that.
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posted on
04/08/2018 7:46:23 PM PDT
by
madison10
(Pray for President Trump.)
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To: Trump20162020
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posted on
04/08/2018 7:47:45 PM PDT
by
Williams
(Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
To: Trump20162020
His statements are not really his statements.
They are written and released by his staff.
If he is so active, why isn’t he back in DC
doing his job?
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posted on
04/08/2018 7:49:19 PM PDT
by
tennmountainman
("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small fee.)
To: GOPe Means Bend Over Spell Run
Or his wife, Cindy. I do not think Megan is into politics enough.
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posted on
04/08/2018 7:49:31 PM PDT
by
madison10
(Pray for President Trump.)
To: Mariner
Song Bird will go to his grave pushing for WWIII so his financial backers could rake in the money. I can't believe I once had respect for this neo-clown. I'm glad I was able to see him for the despicable lowlife he is.
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posted on
04/08/2018 7:49:45 PM PDT
by
Peeps47
(Democrats are as corrupt as they are incompetent)
To: Trump20162020
Mccain and his elk has thrown our President overboard. .. under the bus... and now he says this!! he is the reason we are being stymied.. he is the one who walked in and said NO.. on everything... NO..
To: Enchante
McVain is an idiot. Assad would have far LESS reason to launch a CW attack now, when he may be hoping for the US to end its involvement.I'm glad you didn't blame the tumor. McLettucehead has always been that stupid.
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posted on
04/08/2018 7:51:46 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason.)
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