McCain: Lack Of US Aid To Syrian Rebels 'Shameful'

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

(06-17) 07:14 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --

Sen. John McCain says the lack of U.S. aid to Syrian rebels is "shameful," and that helping the opposition would be the biggest blow to Iran in 25 years.

The United States has refused to arm Syrian rebels in part to avoid a proxy fight with Iran and Russia, which back the Syrian government. The crisis in Syria is likely to come up when President Barack Obama meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Mexico on Monday.



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All the Repukes want are wars, wars and more wars.

[Angry Dragon]

1. All John has to do is introduce a bill in the Senate to fix the problem

[zbdent]

11. and since it's a Republican doing it

it would enjoy "bipartisan support" (and probably overwhelming) ... unlike anything a Dem does.

[snot]

2. He's been making more sense since not running for Pres. and,

I s'pose, no longer having to kowtow to the worst Repub. constituencies.

[kardonb]

3. sense

old grumps McVain would like nothing better than to get us involved in another fruitless war in the Middle East . NO ! Let these folks take care of their own problems . We cannot save everyone from their own failures .

[xtraxritical]

5. You're soooooooooo right!

[Iliyah]

4. I'm pretty sure if McCain did win in 2008

1. It would be Pres Palin
2. World War 3
3. Major depression

Now with Mittens, take away number one and include - puppet

[dimbear]

6. Seems like the patriotic thing to say would be Russian support of Syria is shameful.

Did that cross Grampy's mind?

[tabatha]

7. But, but I have read on this board how the US is supplying the Syrian opposition with arms.

Btw, the US is not, as supported by the comments of someone who is closely allied with military in Europe, on another board.

McCain is just trying to score political points - but I don't see how he can when many in the US want to stay out of that area of the world.

Also, a US intervention would play right into the hands of Iran and Russia - Iran would fire rockets at Israel, and Russia would be more aggressive than it already is.

Yep, he should introduce a bill and have the tea party shoot it down.

[nobodyspecial]

8. Still just itching to start WWIII

Funny when in response to McCain invoking all of the women and children suffering and being killed in Syria, Gregory brought up all of the women and children also suffering in Darfur. McCain quickly jumped in with "That's different." You mean because they have darker skin and no oil.

[Scootaloo]

9. Could be worse...

We could be denouncing them as "terrorists" like we did the rebels in Bahrain and arming the government against them.

Of course, we have vested interest in Bahrain's autocracy; Syria's, not so much.

[Igel]

10. A lot of conservatives have been anti-Assad even when it wasn't fashionable.

They really despised Pelosi' visit there in 2007. We thought he was much less a bad guy then; he was the same as he was now, but if it tweaked *'s nose, Pelosi's assurance that Assad was somebody we should work with was worth it.

Meh.

A lot don't want us involved in shipping arms to the Free Syrian Army. I'm far from sure they're good guys. Yet I don't know why McCain's utterly nugatory opinion matters here. Old news.

Still, there's widespread support for the Syrian rebels. Just look at the "good guy Sunnis" in Iraq. Ten years on, the amount of persecution of others has amounted to ethnic cleansing, whether it's Palestinian sojourners or Aramaic Xians who were established for centuries before Muhammed was ever thought up. We like to blame America for that. Can't blame the people who actually did it, I guess.

I'd rather not have a similar discussion over Alawites and Christians (or Druze) in Syria, thank you. I loathe Assad. I'd need proof that the Syrian rebels are any better, except to fellow Sunnis.

[zbdent]

12. I'm sure that, if Obama had given aid to the Syrian Rebels,

McCain would have held his "praise" to his closest friend (his wallet), and the GOP would have trotted out someone else to attack Obama for doing so (for spending money we can't afford on a "risky" alliance with the rebels).

[MrSlayer]

13. That asshole never met a war he didn't like.

I'm tired of bombing and rebuilding other countries. We need to rebuild this country. I couldn't care less what goes on in Syria or Iran or anywhere in the Middle East or Persian Gulf. Enough of this bullshit.

[NCarolinawoman]

14. I totally agree with you.

Sometimes you cannot save people from themselves.