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| McCain Dancing Boy: Trump Didn't Go Nearly Far Enough In Syria |
| 2018-04-17 |
| [Hot Air] The narrative since the air strikes on Friday has been that the hawks have become ascendant in Donald Trump’s Washington. Isolationists have sobbed about betrayal as the mood turns at least Scowcroftian in the Beltway, if not downright Cheneyesque. Not all hawks are in a celebratory mood, however. Earlier today, Sen. Lindsey Graham told Hugh Hewitt that the strikes were nothing more than a "missed opportunity," and that Trump and his generals seem inclined to leave Syria in the hands of Iran rather than stand up to Russia: Asked about the president’s response to the attacks in Syria during a radio interview on "The Hugh Hewitt Show," Graham griped that his actions "didn’t lay a glove on Assad’s capabilities to wage war." "We’re becoming the chemical weapons police," Graham said. "We don’t have a strategy about why Syria matters." He added: "The military strike itself was a tactical response well short of what I thought was justified. So he’s been a good commander-in-chief in general, but this is a major step backwards." In the longer transcript, Graham lays the blame on Secretary of Defense James Mattis for the narrow focus on chemical weapons. The issue, Graham claims, is the risk-averse nature of current military and political leadership. Er, what? |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 I can sort of empathize with McCain. If conservative voters had actual conservative options--candidates who would deliver instead of just lying about being conservative in order to get elected--then McCain and his ilk would no longer have any sort of career. It's political life and death for him. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2018-04-17 17:46 |
| #5 For fuck's sake John. Sit down, STFU and give in to your brain eating itself. It would starve. |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-04-17 15:44 |
| #4 ...Graham griped that his actions "didn’t lay a glove on Assad’s capabilities to wage war." US Constitution Article 1, Section 8: Power to Declare War. Go for it, Senator! Go to the floor of the Senate and get a Bill Declaring War on Syria or sit down and STFU. |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-04-17 15:40 |
| #3 Russians backed the North Vietnamese who torched Senator McCain. I don't think he'll be happy until the US is in war directly with Russia. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2018-04-17 11:07 |
| #2 For fuck's sake John. Sit down, STFU and give in to your brain eating itself. You are a disgrace and a walking disaster. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2018-04-17 09:30 |
| #1 In the longer transcript, Graham lays the blame on Secretary of Defense James Mattis for the narrow focus on chemical weapons. Proving once again that the concept of 'regime change' is not dead. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-04-17 09:22 |