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John McCain's allies in Syria
John McCain's allies in Syria
By Steve Benen
A couple of weeks ago, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was stressing his position for U.S. policy in Syria: the senator wants the U.S. to provide Syrian rebels with extensive support, including "heavy weapons." ABC's Martha Raddatz reminded the senator that some of these Syrian rebels are terrorist who've sworn their allegiance to al Qaeda.
McCain said it's a "legitimate" question, but he wants to support them anyway. After all, he said, "there aren't that many" terrorists among the Syrian rebels he wants to give "heavy weapons" to.
Just two weeks later, McCain quietly traveled to Syria, and his office distributed photos from his visit to news organizations. One image, in particular, has generated some unexpected attention.
McCain's office insists the senator was not aware that he'd met with Nour and Ibrahim -- if they are, in fact, the men in the photograph -- and they had not been identified as such during his trip. The spokesperson added that if McCain had unknowingly met with kidnappers, "that is regrettable."
It is, indeed.
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http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/05/30/18626926-john-mccains-allies-in-syria
By Steve Benen
A couple of weeks ago, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was stressing his position for U.S. policy in Syria: the senator wants the U.S. to provide Syrian rebels with extensive support, including "heavy weapons." ABC's Martha Raddatz reminded the senator that some of these Syrian rebels are terrorist who've sworn their allegiance to al Qaeda.
McCain said it's a "legitimate" question, but he wants to support them anyway. After all, he said, "there aren't that many" terrorists among the Syrian rebels he wants to give "heavy weapons" to.
Just two weeks later, McCain quietly traveled to Syria, and his office distributed photos from his visit to news organizations. One image, in particular, has generated some unexpected attention.
Senator John McCain's office is pushing back against reports that while visiting Syria this week he posed in a photo with rebels who kidnapped 11 Lebanese Shi'ite pilgrims.
The photo, released by McCain's office, shows McCain with a group of rebels. Among them are two men identified in the Lebanese press as Mohamed Nour and Abu Ibrahim, two of the kidnappers of the group from Lebanon.
McCain's office insists the senator was not aware that he'd met with Nour and Ibrahim -- if they are, in fact, the men in the photograph -- and they had not been identified as such during his trip. The spokesperson added that if McCain had unknowingly met with kidnappers, "that is regrettable."
It is, indeed.
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http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/05/30/18626926-john-mccains-allies-in-syria
Reminds me of when he went for a leisurely stroll through Iraq in full body armor.
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He is a so-called "expert" in military matters, why?
Because he was at the very bottom in his academy class, or is it because his foolishness and bad judgment led to him being captured and held as a POW?
He'd have been thrown out on his drunk, cocky ass had daddy and grand-daddy not held some major sway.
Fuck this war-mongering, ill-tempered, whoring has-been.
K&R
McWarboy was on AC360 last night claiming, essentially, that "We know who these rebels are and there's only a small number of radicals. They just want the same things we all do."
At which point I gasped and turned it off.
He doesn't know who's a few feet in front of him, much less who is out there in the rest of the country.
