Posted on 10/06/2015 10:07:16 PM PDT by ScottWalkerForPresident2016
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John McCain criticized the response of President Barack Obama's administration to Russian military action in Syria, saying "everybody knows that Russia is winning."
McCain, who has long promoted deploying U.S. ground forces to fight Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, told Alhurra TV that Russia has established itself and become "the dominant player."
"They have for the first time since 1973 played a major role in the Middle East, and they're achieving all of their objectives while we sit by and call it a quagmire or in the words of the secretary of defense, unprofessional," McCain said. "It has become almost a joke."
Obama authorized an aerial campaign against the Islamic State that has included more than 2,600 airstrikes in Syria and 4,600 in Iraq, but the bombings have had limited success and he has so far ruled out sending American ground troops.
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Not blaming our military. Blaming our so called leaders.
While our military leaders and CIC sit around and play hide the gerbil, Putin is cleaning out his WWII inventory on the camel humpers.
If it happens on our soil it will be up to the people to stop them as was in WWII in Russia to stop the Germans. If we wait on our leadership, it would be all over before they pulled their heads out of their a$$es.
Now, now . . . don’t be injecting common sense here. This thread is about McCain.
Ghengis Khan had a COOL NAME, at least before John Kerry renamed him Jingis back in his hippie days. Similar with Hitler and Stalin. Like them or not, the names commanded real respect.
But, MY GOD, why would ANYONE take a person with the name “Ash Carter” seriously. No wonder Russia and China are on a roll these days.
When you actually fight the war, you win the war.
We are nearly paralyzed by the thought of collateral damage or bad press. If we had fought WWII the way we fought recent wars, the Nazis would still control Europe and Japan would have Hawaii.
Look if somebody, anybody kills off the servants of Islam in large numbers; our only question should be how many bombs do you need?
If Israel or our other allies (those that are left) are not threatened directly by Russian action and indeed approve of it...then we should join up or shut up. Our need to be involved in that region (other than killing as many sons of Obama as we can) has long since passed.
We need them for NOTHING!!!!!
JMO.
Has to be the full BEE-KEEPER/BATMAN SUIT...just to be safe.
snorkel...snorkel...
You forgot disarming our soldiers at home, taking money from China, receiving oral sex from Monica Lewinsky, perjury, and getting impeached.
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