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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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1 posted on 04/13/2017 12:28:47 AM PDT by Trump20162020
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2 posted on 04/13/2017 12:37:15 AM PDT by conservative98
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Ground troops want McCain and Graham in Syria.


3 posted on 04/13/2017 12:37:18 AM PDT by BestPresidentEver
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Interventionists McCain & Graham


4 posted on 04/13/2017 12:41:02 AM PDT by onyx (Donate Monthly ~ Join 300 Club!)
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AND SO Trump removes the one thing I was very concerned about regarding him.

Good for him!!!!!

Why don’t ####ing mccain and the fruit go fight there?

Wardog a@@holes.

Maybe it’s because I have a TBI that I DONT WANT troops getting horrible injuries for bull####.

NK isn’t bull####. China isn’t bull####.

Assad is bull####!!

After being very against the missile attack at first, I can see the upsides of it now.

And if Assad regains the entire country and is linked to terrorist funding again, hit him with 200 missiles and the same for Iran.

But no men there.

That whole area is full of muslim barbarians.

The Chinese are much more rational, though who knows what will happen with those islands.

And SK controlling NK or even China controlling NK is palatable if we take Kim down.

There are NO heroes rising in the ME to take those folks into the 21st century.


5 posted on 04/13/2017 12:42:04 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust cIonservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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Is McLoser back stateside? I guess he still hasn’t found anyone to listen to him.

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.


6 posted on 04/13/2017 12:44:17 AM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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No Troops and HELL NO to nation building.


7 posted on 04/13/2017 12:56:13 AM PDT by ssfromla (Free)
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I am so sick of hearing from those two love birds.

If you actually listen to Miss Graham, she is utterly incoherent on the topic of Syria. She bounces from 5,000 troops to 20,000 troops to 6-7,000 troops.

The only right answer is no troops.

The good people of AZ and SC really need to do a little self reflection.


8 posted on 04/13/2017 1:11:46 AM PDT by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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"The Saudi Ambassador, Adel al-Jubeir, has long been courting members of Congress who could pressure the [Obama] Administration to get more involved in Syria. He found early support from Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.": A Veteran Saudi Power Player Works To Build Support to Topple Assad (April 25, 2013)
9 posted on 04/13/2017 1:14:38 AM PDT by Fedora
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10 posted on 04/13/2017 1:26:05 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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The two stooges.


11 posted on 04/13/2017 1:33:15 AM PDT by Freedom of Speech Wins
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Send Johnny ISIS McCain. Linda can write him a Dear John letter.


12 posted on 04/13/2017 1:38:23 AM PDT by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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I guess Mr. and Mrs. McShamey are bereft

BWAHAHAHAHA


13 posted on 04/13/2017 1:42:43 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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FUJM&LG


14 posted on 04/13/2017 1:51:22 AM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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Now is not the time for Syria. We have to take care of North Korea first.


15 posted on 04/13/2017 2:10:44 AM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental illness: A totalitarian psyche.)
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McCain does not realize that we need a little target practice first:


16 posted on 04/13/2017 2:15:19 AM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental illness: A totalitarian psyche.)
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2013 : () In 2013, a report from the National Air and Space Intelligence Center stated, “Iran has an extensive missile development program, and has received support from entities in Russia, China, and North Korea.” ——— Satellite Pics Suggest Iran, North Korea Cooperating on Nuclear Research, The Tower, Dec. 29, 2016

Syria is Iran’s outsourcing partner on weapons development as is North Korea....which is why Iranians and Nork technicians were reportedly killed in an airstrike on a Syrian site in 2007.


17 posted on 04/13/2017 2:51:31 AM PDT by piasa
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Do not listen to MR and MRS Dipshit WarMonger.

Nothing good will come of putting MORE troops into Syria

18 posted on 04/13/2017 2:52:57 AM PDT by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it, but ready to go again)
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In 2001, the Mossad, Israel’s external intelligence service, was profiling newly inducted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Visits by North Korean dignitaries, which focused on advanced arms deliveries, were noticed. Aman, Israel’s military intelligence department, suggested nuclear arms were being discussed, but the Mossad dismissed this theory. In spring 2004, U.S. intelligence reported multiple communications between Syria and North Korea, and traced the calls to a desert location called al-Kibar. Unit 8200, Israel’s signals intelligence and codebreaking unit, added the location to its watch list.[19]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Orchard


19 posted on 04/13/2017 3:01:23 AM PDT by piasa
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APRIL 2004 : (NORTH KOREA : EXPLOSION) On April 22, 2004, a massive explosion occurred on a North Korean freight train heading for the port of Namp’o. According to British intelligence writer Gordon Thomas, the Mossad had learned that dozens of Syrian nuclear technicians were in a compartment adjoining a sealed wagon. According to Thomas, the Syrians had arrived in North Korea to collect the fissionable material stored in the wagon. All of the technicians were killed in the train explosion. Their bodies were flown to Syria in lead-encased coffins aboard a Syrian military plane. A wide area around the explosion site was cordoned off for days as North Korean soldiers in anti-contamination suits collected wreckage and sprayed the area. Mossad analysts suspected they were trying to recover weapons-grade plutonium. Since the explosion, the Mossad tracked about a dozen trips by Syrian military officers and scientists to Pyongyang, where they met with high-ranking North Korean officials.[20]
-— https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Orchard


20 posted on 04/13/2017 3:02:38 AM PDT by piasa
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