McCain raises prospect of military option in Syria
October 24, 2011
AFP
10/24/2011
US Senator John McCain raised the prospect Sunday of possible armed intervention to protect civilians in Syria. “Now that military operations in Libya are ending, there will be renewed focus on what practical military operations might be considered to protect civilian lives in Syria,” McCain told a World Economic Forum meeting in Jordan. McCain, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s “regime should not consider that it can get away with mass murder.” [Right, only the US can do that.]
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Harold
McCain has never seen a war he does not like, From Bomb Bomb Iran he is constantly pushing for a military issue to get his name connected with a victory. Like many other in the Republican Party they have forgotten how nice this country was and we can do O.K. without the vicarious “rush” they get out of war. Another way to get a feeling of emergency and crisis an be found by volunteering at free clinic, helping save people in crisis due to need. Carter and Clinton found way to accomplish what they tried to do as Presidents.