The quicker this old F'er retires the better off America will be.

Is this about him going to meet with Syria's rebels?

Isn't his middle name Judas?

(05-27-2013 06:53 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  Is this about him going to meet with Syria's rebels?

YES....I wont wish him to die yet.

radical Islamists fighting to the death with a dictator's security force isn't a problem, it's the solution to a problem.

(05-27-2013 08:29 PM)EagleX Wrote:  radical Islamists fighting to the death with a dictator's security force isn't a problem, it's the solution to a problem.

Every time we get involved in the affairs of the nations in ME...the unintended consequences bite us in the buttocks. McCain evidently has not been paying much attention. He is a relic. I am done with this fool. His POW cred has been used up with me.

Not our problem to fix, and senseless to send our servicemen in harm's way to yet another location where we are viewed as oppressors, not liberators.

(05-27-2013 09:18 PM)ODUsmitty Wrote:  Not our problem to fix, and senseless to send our servicemen in harm's way to yet another location where we are viewed as oppressors, not liberators.

Couldn't agree more. Enough is enough.

Sounds like all the opposition groups are riddled with Islamic extremists. Doubt there is any clear cut group to support. Reminds a lot of people of Afghanistan's past in that respect.
Could normally see a Senator wanting to do a fact finding trip, but where there is no group worth supporting makes a person wonder why he went to begin with.

Did his visit result in US troops in Syria? If so, I haven't heard of it. I did see where thr European Union lifted an arms embargo against the rebels, but doubt McCain had anything to do with that.

When I look at the alternative, there is no question I voted the right way in 2008.

(05-28-2013 11:00 AM)AtlanticLeague Wrote:  When I look at the alternative, there is no question I voted the right way in 2008.

Yea thank goodness Obama would never arm and support rebels that contained radical elements who might turn around later and, say, kill a US ambassador.

(05-28-2013 11:03 AM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  

(05-28-2013 11:00 AM)AtlanticLeague Wrote:  When I look at the alternative, there is no question I voted the right way in 2008.

Yea thank goodness Obama would never arm and support rebels that contained radical elements who might turn around later and, say, kill a US ambassador.

An ambassador who was there, it was rumored, to buy back surface to air missiles from the bad guys.

(05-28-2013 11:11 AM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(05-28-2013 11:03 AM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  

(05-28-2013 11:00 AM)AtlanticLeague Wrote:  When I look at the alternative, there is no question I voted the right way in 2008.

Yea thank goodness Obama would never arm and support rebels that contained radical elements who might turn around later and, say, kill a US ambassador.

An ambassador who was there, it was rumored, to buy back surface to air missiles from the bad guys.

Libya is the ultimate proof that there is *nothing* we can do in a Muslim country which will work out well for us.

(05-28-2013 11:13 AM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  

(05-28-2013 11:11 AM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(05-28-2013 11:03 AM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  

(05-28-2013 11:00 AM)AtlanticLeague Wrote:  When I look at the alternative, there is no question I voted the right way in 2008.

Yea thank goodness Obama would never arm and support rebels that contained radical elements who might turn around later and, say, kill a US ambassador.

An ambassador who was there, it was rumored, to buy back surface to air missiles from the bad guys.

Libya is the ultimate proof that there is *nothing* we can do in a Muslim country which will work out well for us.

+1. Let those Bstards kill each other to their hearts content. Every time we meddle we reap unintended consequences. Their notion of a democratic government and ours is not the same.

Please allow those lunatics the government they deserve.........just like we are experiencing.

McCain was held in a north Vietnamese prison - you would think he would know better. I can only guess that the years has dulled his memory of the FUBAR that was Viet Nam and meddling in others internal affairs.

The Israelis agree that every Rebel Group in Syria has "Significant" Jihadi participation, with over a third consisting of Foreign Fighters.

Best case is to let them topple Assad, West intervenes to get rid of Chemical Weapons, cleans them up, leaves and lets the Syrian Warlords then kill each other

(05-28-2013 06:59 PM)WMD Owl Wrote:  The Israelis agree that every Rebel Group in Syria has "Significant" Jihadi participation, with over a third consisting of Foreign Fighters.

Best case is to let them topple Assad, West intervenes to get rid of Chemical Weapons, cleans them up, leaves and lets the Syrian Warlords then kill each other

Yep, and variations on the same would have been the best outcomes for Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran.

(05-28-2013 11:00 AM)AtlanticLeague Wrote:  When I look at the alternative, there is no question I voted the right way in 2008.

I think you got a push on that one. Not much meaningful difference to be found.

(05-28-2013 10:38 AM)VA49er Wrote:  Did his visit result in US troops in Syria? If so, I haven't heard of it. I did see where thr European Union lifted an arms embargo against the rebels, but doubt McCain had anything to do with that.

If McCain spent as much time solving problems HERE in America as he does worrying about the affairs of other nations we would be much better off. This old codger has lost his marbles. It is time he retire.

(05-28-2013 11:13 AM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  Libya is the ultimate proof that there is *nothing* we can do in a Muslim country which will work out well for us.

The UN would write a resolution if we nuked them, so maybe the next best thing is to arm them and let them blow each other to smithereens?

(written in a sarcastic tone, pointing out this is essentially what Obama is doing to his Muslim brethren)