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McCain and Graham: Syria reports, if true, mean president's red line has been crossed
CNN ^ | March 19th, 2013 | Kevin Liptak

Posted on 03/20/2013 5:19:06 AM PDT by BarnacleCenturion

Washington (CNN) – Two leading Republican lawmakers said Tuesday that reports of chemical weapons use in Syria, if true, mean the president's threshold for involvement in the country's civil war has been met.

Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham, who have led calls in Congress for greater U.S. involvement in Syria, issued a joint statement saying the attacks, if verified, would demand a response from President Barack Obama.

“If today’s reports are substantiated, the President’s red line has been crossed, and we would urge him to take immediate action to impose the consequences he has promised," the senators wrote.

(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911truthers; abc; blame; chemicalweapons; graham; grahamnesty; israel; mccain; obamaswars; redline; syria; waronterror; wmd
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1 posted on 03/20/2013 5:19:06 AM PDT by BarnacleCenturion
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To: BarnacleCenturion

McWuss and Gramnesty come to the rescue........


2 posted on 03/20/2013 5:20:23 AM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: BarnacleCenturion

And I should care WHY?


3 posted on 03/20/2013 5:21:27 AM PDT by rrrod (at home in Medellin Colombia)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

If US enters into hostilities, it is fighting directly with Russia, not smart.


4 posted on 03/20/2013 5:21:41 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

Then McGraham can prance on over there and fight it on their own.

These are the same scumbags who led the cheerleading squad to get involved in Libya before deciding to be outraged about Benghazi.


5 posted on 03/20/2013 5:22:19 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

Time to draw a new “red line” I guess.


6 posted on 03/20/2013 5:23:27 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

to impose the consequences he has promised,”

...this means he’ll have to get out of bed by noon with time for only 9 holes!!


7 posted on 03/20/2013 5:24:00 AM PDT by albie (re)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

Send YOUR sons...


8 posted on 03/20/2013 5:24:24 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (NRA Life Member)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

Graham and McCain are idiots. Oliver North emphatically states the so called chemical weapons are not. That they haven’t been used yet. Why drag us into anotherI unwinnable situation?


9 posted on 03/20/2013 5:24:39 AM PDT by Solson (The Voters stole the election! And the establishment wants it back.)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

These two are downright dangerous.


10 posted on 03/20/2013 5:24:42 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Truth/Lies; Liberty/Tyranny--WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE??)
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To: rrrod

If Syria is allowed to use WMD’s, everyone else can use them as well.


11 posted on 03/20/2013 5:24:46 AM PDT by AppyPappy (You never see a massacre at a gun show.)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

No!


12 posted on 03/20/2013 5:27:12 AM PDT by vpintheak (Occupy your Brain!)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

Rand Paul had Lispy and McQueeg pegged dead-on. Apparently those two DO actually see every square inch as battlespace.

Screw that... no war in Syria unless we get a declaration from Congress... which won’t happen.


13 posted on 03/20/2013 5:27:20 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Gun control: Steady firm grip, target within sights, squeeze the trigger slowly...)
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To: cripplecreek

“Then McGraham can prance on over there and fight it on their own.”

Nah. Obama’s already in the area. I vote that he should go to see if the rumours are true. If he doesn’t come back, oh well—we’ll know.


14 posted on 03/20/2013 5:27:21 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

"What are you looking at, sir?"

"Couple of Republican Senators threatening the President's policies. C'mere, they're cute to watch!"


15 posted on 03/20/2013 5:27:29 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Fighting Obama without Boehner & McConnell is like going deer hunting without your accordion)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

I will be firmly among the anti-war crowd this time. Had enough of this sh*t of expending American blood and treasure for radical muslims.


16 posted on 03/20/2013 5:30:18 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Gun control: Steady firm grip, target within sights, squeeze the trigger slowly...)
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To: BarnacleCenturion

Dumb and Dumber are at it again. Are these two idiots tied at the hip or something ?


17 posted on 03/20/2013 5:30:21 AM PDT by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to thoe tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Better yet send your fat assed, big mouthed daughter McCain.


18 posted on 03/20/2013 5:30:40 AM PDT by csmusaret (America is more divided today , not because of the problems we face but because of Obama's solutions)
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To: ScottinVA

Eggzackly! Syria is nothing but Muslims killing Muslims. If they ever stop they will start killing Christians and Jews again.


19 posted on 03/20/2013 5:32:44 AM PDT by csmusaret (America is more divided today , not because of the problems we face but because of Obama's solutions)
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To: AppyPappy

People have already used them hello, WWI


20 posted on 03/20/2013 5:34:56 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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