Monday, May 27, 2013

Déjà Vu All Over Again: Senator McCain met with rebels in Syria on Monday: spokesman

U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) is pictured with U.S. troops at a Patriot missile site in southern Turkey on May 27, 2013 in this picture released via McCain's Twitter account. SSenator JohnMcCain/Handout via Reuters

Credit: Reuters
WASHINGTON | Mon May 27, 2013 3:20pm EDT


"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator John McCain, a former presidential candidate and one of the loudest voices calling for military aid to the Syrian opposition, met with some of the rebels during a surprise visit to the war-torn country on Monday, his spokesman said.....

General Salem Idris, who leads the Supreme Military Council of the Free Syrian Army, told the Daily Beast in an interview that McCain's visit came at a critical time for the rebels, who have stepped up their calls for U.S. support, including heavy weapons, creation of a no-fly zone and air strikes.

"The visit of Senator McCain to Syria is very important and very useful especially at this time," the publication quoted Idris as saying. "We need American help [Dream on!] to have change on the ground; we are now in a very critical situation."....."


And This Was McCain in Libya; Any Similarity??

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