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Title: John McCain Makes Secret Trip to Syria in Midst of U.S. Assessment
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Wall Street Journal
URL Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/mccain ... t-of-u-s-assessment-1487795458
Published: Feb 22, 2017
Author: By DION NISSENBAUM
Post Date: 2017-02-22 23:25:03 by redleghunter
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WASHINGTON—Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) secretly traveled to northern Syria last weekend to speak with American military officials and Kurdish fighters at the forefront of the push to drive Islamic State out of their de facto capital of Raqqa, according to U.S. officials. The unusual visit, which officials said was organized with the help of the U.S. military, came as the Trump administration is debating plans for an accelerated military campaign against Islamic State, also known by the acronyms ISIS and ISIL. Mr. McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, first traveled to rebel-controlled Syria in 2013, when he met with leaders of the Free Syrian Army, the umbrella group supported by America and its allies. This was believed to be his first visit to Syria since then. U.S. officials familiar with Mr. McCain’s trip said that the senator traveled to Kobani, the Syrian town on the Turkey border controlled by Kurdish forces since 2012. In a statement, Mr. McCain’s office confirmed that a trip took place, saying the senator “traveled to northern Syria last week to visit U.S. forces deployed there and to discuss the counter-ISIL campaign and ongoing operations to retake Raqqa.” Poster Comment: Making sure the Gulf States interests are secure.
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I was going to respond with the usual photo for such threads: It really makes it so much more credible when they spell "Calif" that way. : ) But while searching for that image, I found this one that was more charming: To be more serious, I assume the Stain is visiting Syria so he can hang out with real fighting men who were never captured and to satisfy his sick craving for war. Any word on whether he took his gun moll, Lady Lindsey, along to Syria? He could wear a burkha in public, maybe finally meet a nice sheikh and settle down.
They could have saved a lot of money just by flying him to Detroit and telling him it was Syria.
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If we are lucky, he will stay there. I bet his wife would also be happy if he stayed there.
Si vis pacem, para bellum Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."Theodore Roosevelt-1907. I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
I can only wish he's captured by ISIS and we are sent video of some kook towelhead cutting Stains head off with a rusty salad fork.
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