John MaverickMcCain
... the Senator-for-Life from Arizona, former presidential candidate and even more former
foot soldier in the Reagan Revolution...
said on Saturday night that Washington could be doing more to back the "effort" of the Syrian people in ending the regime of
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor. If he'd stuck with it he'd have had a good practice by now...
Speaking at the beginning of a meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres, McCain recalled his visit to a refugee camp in Jordan earlier that day, "to see the suffering of the Syrian people up close".
"It's very moving to see thousands and thousands and thousands of people who had to leave their homes, their families, some maimed, because of the brutal dictatorship of Bashir al-Assad," the veteran senator said.
"All of us believe that Bashir al-Assad's departure is inevitable, but we are also very concerned about how long that process will take," said McCain who was heading a delegation of U.S. senators to the region.
"There are some of us who would like to see the United States more significantly engaged in assisting the people of Syria in that effort," he said.