McCain: Get ready for US troops on the ground in Syria and Iraq

[devil21]

:sigh: Whole article is disturbing. Republicans win Congress back and the only thing that changes is even MORE warmongering. Israel is in full control of the US military. AUMF against Syria....errr 'ISIS' won't be far off. Remember, 'ISIS' is a concocted and controlled story to gain approval, or at least ambivalence, from the population for yet another regime change invasion on your dime and with your blood.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/mccain...175200999.html

The three key components of McCain’s approach are these:

Expand the U.S. force in Iraq from the current 2,300 troops to 10,000 to assist Iraqis troops. Rather than keeping U.S. service members confined to bases and headquarters, many of them would be dispatched to the front lines to direct or call in air strikes and take other steps to assist the Iraqis.
Establish safe zones or no-fly zones in neighboring Syria. McCain initially was reacting to news reports last year that ISIS was attempting to assemble a modest air force with pilots trained by Iraqi military defectors. While that threat has yet to materialize, McCain and administration officials have considered establishing a Syrian no-fly zone to protect civilians from airstrikes by the Syrian government.
Expand aid and military assistance to moderate Syrian rebels to help them fight back against ISIS and Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. As The Washington Post noted, Assad appears to be buoyed by months of U.S. and allied air strikes against ISIS that have taken enormous pressure off of him while he continues to destroy rebel forces seeking to topple him.


McCain said it’s an outrage that the Obama administration has pulled back and is no longer insisting that Assad step aside, although his regime is responsible for the deaths of over 200,000 Syrian civilians.

more at link if you are a masochist

eta: at least the comments are overwhelmingly against it, which is a rarity on yahoo based articles. not that it'll matter but people are getting fed up.

[ZENemy]

We can say no.

That is their biggest and most powerful weapon, making us think we MUST do what they say.

Lets say NO.

[Lucille]

Oh yeah, this neo-Trot majority is going to be just awful. Lots more of the same borrowing, spending and printing, big government, endless war, spying, assaults on the BoR, and banksta bailouts and other corporatist boondoggles.

"I believe it is in the best interest of the United States, and the global community as a whole, to move forward with the deployment of all U.S. congressional leaders to Syria [and Iraq] immediately. With violence intensifying every day, now is absolutely the right moment—the perfect moment, really—for the United States to send our legislators to the region."

What a happy dream!

[NOVALibertarian]

Expand aid and military assistance to moderate Syrian rebels

THEY DON'T EXIST!

It's baffling to me that people like McCain continue to harp on about the threat that ISIS poses, yet at the same time continues to push for the ouster of the one world leader who is activelly fighting ISIS.

This kind of logic is why purging and expelling the Neo-Conservatives from the GOP should be the first thing Rand Paul does if he becomes President. Who cares if Lindsey Graham whines and protests in his wacky southern drawl?

[devil21]

Now it's Hagel's turn.

http://news.yahoo.com/u-ground-troop...005417897.html

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in an interview on Friday the United States might eventually need to send non-combat ground troops to Iraq to help turn back Islamic State forces.

[Ronin Truth]

Will that give your stock portfolio another major boost, John?

[AngryCanadian]

Isnt this the same lying scum $#@! that claimed there would be no troops send to Syria on the ground?