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McCain and Graham Want Ground Troops in Syria, President Trump Says No
Townhall ^ | April 12, 2017 | Justin Holcomb

Posted on 04/13/2017 12:28:47 AM PDT by Trump20162020

Sens. Lindsey Graham and John McCain released a joint statement on Tuesday urging President Donald Trump to bolster ground efforts in Syria.

"As part of a broader strategy, we urge the President to take greater military action to achieve our objectives, including grounding the Syrian air force and establishing safe havens inside Syria to protect Syrians,” the statement reads.

“There will never be a diplomatic solution as long as Assad dominates the battlefield,” according to McCain, the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman, and Graham, who chairs an appropriations subcommittee.

(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Syria; US: Arizona; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: assad; donaldtrump; graham; johnmccain; lindseygraham; mccain; syria; trump; trumpsyria
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To: Trump20162020

Bert and Ernie tied together at the d**k react they only way they can.....


21 posted on 04/13/2017 3:10:53 AM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Trump20162020

“As part of a broader strategy, we urge the President to take greater military action to achieve our objectives...”

What are our ‘objectives’? I see a lot of discussions by McCain, Graham, certain Democrats and the Media. Whatever those ‘objectives’ are they seem pretty mysterious from the American perspective. I’m not willing to give John McCain a blank check on this — that seems to be what he’s asking for.


22 posted on 04/13/2017 3:29:41 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: Trump20162020

IDIOTS a few well placed snipers can take out the mad man. We can’t fight 3 wars with the REDUCED MANPOWER DUMBO LEFT US WITH. And President Trump knows it, which is why he removing DUMBOS Secs. PLEASE Get the Navy Sec next! PC to the core, long past retirement.


23 posted on 04/13/2017 3:46:53 AM PDT by GailA (Ret. SCPO wife: suck it up buttercups it's President Donald Trump!)
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To: piasa
See pages 1 to 3 and the corresponding footnotes of this for more on that and other interesting related items: North Korea's Ballistic Missile Program. There's an older version of this I linked to a while back which goes more in depth but I'm not seeing it at the moment.
24 posted on 04/13/2017 3:47:24 AM PDT by Fedora
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To: BestPresidentEver

McQueeg and Linda should be the first to draw a rifle, helmet, sidearm and field gear and double time it over in country.


25 posted on 04/13/2017 3:50:07 AM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: BestPresidentEver

“Ground troops want McCain and Graham in Syria.”

McCain, who was a Vietnam era fighter pilot and Graham currently an attorney in the Army Reserve presents themselves as expert military strategists over the battle tested combat veterans advising Trump. The very bitter McCain is attempting to run foreign policy out of his senate office. Hopefully, we will see the last of him when his term expires. Maybe His daughter will take him home and park him on the front porch where he belongs. Graham, well, he’s actually fairly harmless without McCain and he does count as a Republican on the senate ledger....


26 posted on 04/13/2017 3:50:39 AM PDT by snoringbear (E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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To: Trump20162020

Someone needs to ask these two what our national interest is in Syria.


27 posted on 04/13/2017 3:54:46 AM PDT by Lady Heron
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To: Trump20162020

Don’t do it Mr. President. Frick and Frack need to retire.


28 posted on 04/13/2017 3:59:17 AM PDT by marygam (can this country do a U turn and be great again?)
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To: Trump20162020

These two idiots are rarely on the right side of anything political . Bone heads at best .


29 posted on 04/13/2017 4:06:33 AM PDT by Lionheartusa1 ()-: ISIS is Islam without the lipstick :-()
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To: conservative98

Kudos to trump . Now mccain will ratchet up his rhetoric. He despises trump


30 posted on 04/13/2017 4:18:56 AM PDT by RummyChick (can we switch Don,Jr for Prince Kush and his flak jacket. From Yacht Party to Warzone ready to wear.)
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To: Trump20162020
The president should listen to this guy.


31 posted on 04/13/2017 4:31:49 AM PDT by McGruff (You break it, you bought it)
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To: Trump20162020

They want us in a constantly declared state of war with the draft going.


32 posted on 04/13/2017 4:47:22 AM PDT by wastedyears (Prophecy of sky Gods, the sun and moon)
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To: Trump20162020

It just gets Graham so hot to see a tough male soldier.


33 posted on 04/13/2017 4:52:39 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Trump20162020

These two turds want to get into every way in the world.


34 posted on 04/13/2017 4:54:50 AM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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To: Trump20162020

What the H E L L is wrong with those two?


35 posted on 04/13/2017 4:57:09 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: ssfromla

McPain and Graham want to expose our troops to chemical weapons? No way. Just “hit reset”. Turn it into a parking lot.


36 posted on 04/13/2017 5:04:06 AM PDT by fivecatsandadog (DRAIN THE SWAMP.)
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To: Trump20162020

From another thread...

Christian Syrian roasts McCain
https://twitter.com/Pamela_Moore13/status/852301243737395200


37 posted on 04/13/2017 5:10:17 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: dp0622

I wonder where the Freeper is who posted a few days/threads ago that we DO have ground troops in Syria and they have come under attack. When I questioned that - he responded with, “Don’t you know about Special Ops? It’s all over the news.” I figured I didn’t need to point out to him that those AREN’T ground troops and just when have the Spec Ops come under attack?


38 posted on 04/13/2017 5:25:10 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: conservative98
McInsane strikes again.. Why doesn't he send his fat daughter to go fight Assad in Syria then?
39 posted on 04/13/2017 5:40:20 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: blueplum

Maybe somebody can give him an xbox, and one of those shoot-em-up games, and he can blow up anything he wants all day long.

Or lock him in the Congressional coat closet, and tell him he’s a POW again.


40 posted on 04/13/2017 5:47:07 AM PDT by Pravious
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