‘Shameful’: John McCain Renews Calls to Arm Syrian Rebels as Violence Increases
- Posted on July 22, 2012 at 5:42pm by
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Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) is slamming President Obama’s handling of the crisis in Syria, where a revolution against the ruler Bashar al-Assad has turned into a full-fledged civil war.
In McCain’s opinion, the United States should be doing more to aid the rebel forces, and inaction has only led to a more dangerous situation in the Middle East.
(Related: John McCain Rips Letter From Bachmann, Defends Huma Abedin)
Politico summarizes McCain‘s interview with CNN’s Candy Crowley:
Sen. John McCain… said on Sunday the situation in Syria has “deteriorated” and the United States needs to assist by providing “arms and equipment.”
“What do we need to do? We need to get arms and equipment to them [and] we need to establish a buffer zone,” McCain said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
The United States has waited far too long to act, the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee said.
“Because of our failure to assist, because of our failure to lead other willing nations in the region like Turkey or Saudi Arabia or Qatar and others, this situation has now deteriorated to a situation which is really, really very, very dangerous,” McCain said. “I think it’s retrievable, but I think it’s far, far more complicated and difficult than if we had weighed in a long time ago.”
Watch the interview, via the left-leaning blog “Crooks and Liars,” below:
But will overthrowing the current regime lead to a more stable situation?
There have been numerous reports of al-Qaeda members joining the opposition to overthrow the “secular” ruling regime, and multiple videos seemingly corroborate that, at the very least, the opposition has some pretty fanatical characters.
Over the weekend it was reported that the opposition had pushed its way to Aleppo, Syria’s largest city.
The week’s violence pushed the death toll for the uprising above 19,000, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The group also said July is likely to be the conflict’s deadliest month so far, with more than 2,750 people killed in the first three weeks – nearly as many as in the previous month.
Benjamin Netanyahu weighed in on Fox News Sunday, warning that chaos surrounding Assad‘s fall could allow Hezbollah to access Syria’s chemical weapons.
“That this is something we’ll have to act to stop if the need arises,” he said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
(H/T: Weasel Zippers)
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Comments (207)
vinnymac46
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 6:44pmI’m still not over 9-11 Mr. McCain, so let these guys blow each other up…I remember the Syrians condemming the terrorists right after…oh yeah, they didn’t, the were cheering in the streets…payback is a m…….
Report Post »OhSnappage
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 8:10pmAgreed, we have no business getting involved in there own battles. McCain yet again draws attention to, yet again, another dummy argument rather than focus more on our own security at our borders in his home state. McCain is too out of touch to realize what really needs to be addressed.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 8:12pmIsn’t there a video of him somewhere singing “Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran?”
Report Post »John, John, John, you are barking up the wrong tree. 0bama‘s bestus bud Putin has Russia’s only warm water port in that area. Do you really think that anybody in the administration will give you the time of the day?
RJJinGadsden
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 8:14pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-zoPgv_nYg
Report Post »Banter
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 8:21pmMcCain is just following orders from the muslim bros. They want Syria, and they fully expect our corrupt government to help, ala Egypt.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 8:43pmI’m not sure exactly where McCain is coming from. Syria has had an iron-hard dictatorship for decades and a large, well equiped and seasoned military supplied by the Russians to maintain control. Does anyone really think that there is some ragtag group of civilians who banded together and come together and have brought Syria’s regime to verge of collapse?
McCain knows that the US and other western countries have people on the ground there and are pumping in arms and intelligence. Thanks to President Obama Al Qaeda is impotent, but I can imagine other sources of support for the rebels, such as our ally Saudi Arabia and our ally Turkey, who have a leadership happy to support both sides, verbally on ours, materially on the side of the rebels. They win no matter what happens.
Anyway, I‘m not sure what McCain’s real point is. But anyone who thinks the US and other western nations aren’t involved with this should read up on history of how we deal with regional conflicts to influence the outcome in our favor. The US isn’t talking about it for diplomatic reasons, but you can be sure we’re involved with that conflict.
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 9:10pm@JZS
You get a gold star for your first paragraph, the rest no where even close (0 points)
Report Post »jzs
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 10:01pmtherealconservative, call me a paranoid conspriracy theorist, but I wouldn‘t be surprised if the Russians weren’t supporting both al-Assad and the rebels. I just know there are tons of weapons going into the country from somewhere.
al-Assad will fall, but and there are lot’s of countries trying to buy the loyalty of those who come into power, including the US.
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 10:28pm@
“well equiped and seasoned military”
That is honestly comical. The only real military in the middle east is Israel. The rest are no more than militants. No real air force equals no military power ( 20 older migs dont count as a airforce).
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 10:32pm@jzs
Who is supplying Assad? Russia, China, Iran and N.Korea. Now who would be helping defeat Assad? Not us or anyone in the West, could it be the Islamist groups, to include MB and Al Qaeda. BTW the O Team has not made them impotent.
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 10:38pm@mutiny
Granted Syria is not even close to the U.S., but they have a more modern military than to think with a vast AD network.
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 11:08pm@thereal
Remember before the first gulf war that media and everyone hyping the Iraqi army. They were called the best military in the middle east. 4th largest army in the world and hundreds of tanks. Without a good air force they mean nothing. As I said, a few older migs means no real power.
Let these animals kill each other.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 11:21pmtherealconservative, think for a second. Al Qaeda isn’t a country, they are a terrorist group. They have no source of income. Whatever support they have is from countries that have something to sell, like oil. And President Obama has killed most of their upper management. Nor is the Muslim Brotherhood a country, same thing.
No support for the rebels is coming from somewhere else. Maybe Iran, maybe another Muslim country, but equally as certainly from the West as well.
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 11:23pm@mutiny
That was the media, I’m not the media nor do I get my info from them.
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 11:37pm@JZS
Again your half right. Al Qaeda is not a country, But your wrong about income.
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 11:53pm@thereal
It was our leaders also before the invasion. Israel could crush all of the Arab nations surrounding them. Israel has upgraded f-16 and f-15 which are so far advanced from the garbage old migs its not even funny.
Our military with f-18s, f-22s, stealth bombers could take down the armies of the middle east in a day or two.
Our only real threat is collapsing from within from economic insanity. Drudge is reporting the FED is working on QE3. Us treasuries just hit a benchmark low. Its coming, and coming soon.
Report Post »Patrick Henry II
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 12:03amMcCain is problematic. I wonder where his loyalties are sometimes? Question with boldness.
Report Post »KidCharlemagne
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 12:14amjzs
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 10:01pm
I just know there are tons of weapons going into the country from somewhere.
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From Iraq maybe?:
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“They say there has also been a ”flood of guns and RPGs into Syria from the Sunni Muslim tribes of Iraq’s Western Anbar province”, who have close ties with their brethren in eastern Syria, hundreds of kilometers from Damascus.
Increasingly these arms are proving to be American made, like I said. Time and time again I asked the question where the weapons were coming from, time and time again I got the same answer Iraq. Many were stolen, misappropriated or ripped off from the American military in Iraq during the military invasion and subsequent occupation of that country.”
Report Post »http://www.examiner.com/article/american-weapons-showing-up-syria-trace-back-to-iraq
feverpitch
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 12:41amI want John McCain to sit down and shut the hell up. I don’t care how long he was a POW. That little badge of honor doesn’t carry any weight anymore. He is a traitor to this country just like Obama. I don’t want anymore involvement in anymore fighting for 3rd world dictators. I don’t want anymore of this countries young men to die. Just stop it you bastard.
Report Post »muffythetuffy
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 1:19amMcCAIN THE INSANE
Where is the US National Interest in Syria? McCain the insane wants to take guns away form Americans but wants to give them to terrorists in the lawful nation of Syria. Putin was right about John McCain the insane.
Report Post »yathink
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 4:12amDamn these politicians for this crap. I don’t like John McCain or any hack that wants to trot around the world string up crap. For what, don’t they see we have enough problems of our own with out sticking our nose in someone else business. Those people have been killing each other for thousands of years. And get the hell out of Afghanistan the opium capital of the world. And stop propping up the dope dealers with the lives of our sons and daughters. These freaks of nature couldn’t even see the warning back in 2010. Are they rally going to force our hand like the founders told us we might have to do. The tree of liberty is watered with blood. Our permission is given by God.
Report Post »poorrichard09
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 7:55amMcLame is the best friend the muslim brotherhood ever had. The mans gone soft in the head and needs to be OUT of the senate.
Report Post »vanman4446
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 5:43pmThis guy just wants to get us into another war, he just doesn’t learn, Let the towel heads blow each other up who the hell cares. We lost enough American blood for these morons
Report Post »armyofnibiru
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 8:22pmwe helped al-qiuta lybia,we helped it its parent muslimbrohoods in egypt.and now mcshame wants to help them in syria.is this guy stupid or is adjulation from cris matthews more important to mcshame than americas safety?when oblameo said i want the people who caused this mess to sit down and shut up i said to everyone well then why is obamby still up and talking.now its you mcshame, sit down and shut up imbascil.P.S.shut your idiot daughter up to.
Report Post »arosa11
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 11:46pmBoth the government and the rebels are anti semetic murderers. I have no problem if we are to arm the rebels and the Russians arm the government. As long as they keep killing eachother and leave me out of it!! May noth sides be successful!
Report Post »KidCharlemagne
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 6:43pmIs there something in the water in Washington these days???:
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Mitt Romney urges US to arm Syrian rebels, lead effort to oust Bashar Assad
05/29/2012 4:06 PM
By Callum Borchers, Globe Correspondent
Mitt Romney has renewed his call for the United States to arm Syrians rebelling against the regime of Bashar Assad, after more than 100 people were massacred in the village of Houla last Friday.
“President Obama can no longer ignore calls from congressional leaders in both parties to take more assertive steps,” Romney said Sunday. “The [Kofi] Annan ‘peace’ plan — which President Obama still supports — has merely granted the Assad regime more time to execute its military onslaught. The United States should work with partners to organize and arm Syrian opposition groups so they can defend themselves.”
Report Post »http://www.boston.com/politicalintelligence/2012/05/29/mitt-romney-urges-arm-syrian-rebels-lead-effort-oust-bashar-assad/8ASReNmBrMHqY1DpUz2bWN/story.html
phrogdriver
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 7:42pmOh, God, you just made my head explode. Every time I start to like Romney, he does something like this. Somehow equipping al Qeada so that they can get control of chemical weapons is suddenly a great idea among republicans. WTF.
Here’s a newsflash, Williard: If John McCain is for it, you should run from it as fast as your freaking feet will carry you
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 7:44pmIn 4 years after the rest of the GOP realize Romney is a bigger liberal than McCain I wonder if he will be saying stupid crap like this.
If anyone is wondering why we have constant threat of terrorism and we are going bankrupt just point to politicians like McCain.
Report Post »historyguy48
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 8:11pmComrades, I hate to say this but our candidate is a Progressive (Communist) Republican (shock) (Horror). What the devil did you think they would run, George Washington?
Report Post »He may be better than Dear Leader, heck, he will probably be far better than Dear Leader, but he isn’t a true conservative, so don’t expect this zebra to change his stripes.
Truthfully, if you believe he, or anyone, can change this countries direction, you are sadly mistaken! By the time Conservative Republican Regan became President he was unable to stop the direction we were moving in, or eliminate any of the unconstitutional branches of government, such as, but not limited to, the Dept. of Education. He did pull us back from the brink but I doubt if Romney will have the time to even do that.
Provided there is an election, of course. Communists usually don’t like giving up power, and Dear Leader is nothing if he isn’t a communist!
mr.goodvibe
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 10:51pmJust ask Comrade Obama to sent one of them remote controlled planes, screw giving islamists any weapons, the enemy of my enemy is not my freind.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 6:42pmCan we just take his R away from him?
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 6:53pm@just
Unfortunately he’s my senator. BTW my avatar is the unit patch for the 56 Field Artillery Command, the missile system was Pershing Ia and Pershing II.
Report Post »P C BE DAMNED
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 7:28pmThis old fool is so offensive to me and where is his daughter. Has her writers not come up with an insult to the common American lately. Trash
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 9:57pmTHEREALCONSERVATIVE, Where were you? I was at Wharton Barracks down the mountain from Red Leg in Heilbronn for a while. Was up there a number of times.
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 10:22pm@rRJ
I was at Artillery Kaserne in Neckarsulm for 6 moths (11/83 – 5/84), then went to Bismarck Kaserne in Schwabisch-Gmund (5.84 – 5/85). Last tour was at Wiley Barracks in Neu Ulm (2/87 – 2/90)
Report Post »Angel262
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 6:39pmMcCain has always been a big government control freak. He’s an embarrassment to conservatives. He and the rest of his Rhino ilk should just go away. We have enough problems dealing with the Demomarxists. We have no business getting ourselves involved in another country’s civil war.
Report Post »DEMOCRATS.ARE.EVIL
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 6:53pmNot one more American dollar or drop of blood should go towards helping Muslims anywhere in the world. Syria will end up an Islamic state no matter what we.
Report Post »MadeintheUSA2
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 6:59pmMcCain–you progressive POS! We are sick of you. WE are sick of our elected officials involving the USA in other country’s affairs. How bout we sit this one out and let them deal with it on their own. We have pain and suffering within our own borders. How bout we help America? That would be a refreshing change!
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 10:01pmIf McCain thinks the US should do something, why doesnt he do his job and sponsor a bill that would authorize the defense department to do whatever it is he wants to do….Instead, he criticizes Obama and the executive branch for not doing enough (which is blatently contrary to the Constitution).
This is why some of us REFUSE to support progressives. They have no concept of how a Constitutional government is supposed to operate
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 11:50pm@soy
You do know that the Constitution says that the President is the Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces, not the Senate.
Report Post »MeteoricLimbo
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 6:37pmWhy resort to name calling? I thought that was a tactic of the far left
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 7:28pmDid you NOT see the repube debates?
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 8:18pmIt is a tactic of the left. But not the “far” left.
Report Post »Personally, I could care less. I’m not obligated to please anyone.
McCain is a douche of mass toiletries..
TJexcite
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 6:35pmSo says the guy that says the Muslim sisterhood is no problem and you are the problem for asking. Makes one wonder if McCain is a useful idiot for the MB or just an idiot. As same “they” are the same “they” now in control of Egypt.
Report Post »wraith67
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 8:19pmHe’s an idiot.
Report Post »VioletLilly
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 12:57pmTexcite and HistoryGuy48, you are right on the mark. MomRules. McCain is the one who should be shamed. Take a look at this piece–the most compelling info is on the last page. http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/310198/questions-about-huma-abedin-andrew-c-mccarthy?pg=5
Report Post »chips1
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 6:34pmOh, Yeah!!!! We want to arm the nut case muslims over there and take American’s guns away. SURE!!!! McCain is a leftover nut case. Bring our troops home and defend the Constitution. The civil war here at home doesn’t seem to be on their list of priorities. At least until November when we get rid of the Marxists and RINOs.
Report Post »doomytram
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 6:33pmMcCain, Huma, Hillary, and Hussein O should pull a Carter and go take Damascus.
Report Post »SCREW-WINDOWS
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 6:31pmYes lets give our enemies all are latest and best technology to the enemy as long as they make a political donation.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 6:28pmThe Muslim Brotherhood is waiting and actively working to take over Syria just as they did Egypt. I genuinely wish McCain would just shut up and retire. I trust him about as much as I do Obama.
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2012/07/20/Syrian-Muslim-Brotherhood-to-launch-political-party
Report Post »Want our country back
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 6:35pmThey are worried about Sadam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction that WERE shipped from Iraq to Syria.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 6:57pmMOM: I agree. This entire area will soon be militantly armed and filled with the anti-Israel , anti-American Muslims dedicated to our destruction. What is with our ” leaders ? “ Do they really think these ”rebels“ are hungering for a ” democratic” society ? Duh. Oh, and we know how much the international Left and their Palestinian/ Muslim buddies welcome our ” help.”
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 8:15pm@want
You are dead on.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 9:04pmFrom what I’ve read, Syria is mobilizing (moving) chem weapons for a few reasons. To secure them, to use them on rebels or civilians… or maybe just to spook the Sunnis.
Regardless… U.S. and Jordanian SF are supposedly working on a plan to secure those stockpiles if Assad’s regime falls.
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 9:18pm@time
Guess where a lot of those ‘WMD’s’ came from, I just know you‘ll be ’SHOCKED’.
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 9:57pmOr we can let these animals kill each other.
We are bankrupt. Our economy collapsing is a greater threat to our national security than any religion, faction, country, or leader on this planet.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 9:57pmTHEREALCONSERVATIVE. I’m only shocked that there are so many that have acquiesced to the anti-war/anti-Military/anti-Bush drum beat of both lefts (Obama/Ron Paul left) in this country that tells them it was all a sham…
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 10:44pm@time
I hear ya. Sometimes I wonder how we stopped the Soviets (besides having Reagan)
Report Post »justangry
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 10:46pmSo let me get this straight. We gave Saddam Hussein the WMD’s in the first place. He was supposed to destroy them in 91. We found no WMD’s, so we now assume he sent them to Syria. (Iran‘s ally and Iraq’s enemy) And now that we think those weapons are there we want to arm another group of rebels so we can rince and repeat? I can’t follow this logic.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 10:54pmTHEREALC. I sure do MISS that Reagan fella’!!
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 11:33pm@just
We never gave WMD’s to Saddam, that‘s from the lib’s talking points. Yes Saddam did move some WMD’s to Syria, because he felt he would survive and get them back. It was reported in the news, for a day or two, several years ago but it didn’t fit into the MSM agenda.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 11:56pmJUST. Please show some receipts for that WMD that we supposedly gave Saddam? Actually, you should head over to France and ask THEM for receipts. We found lots of good stuff (munitions/missiles/mustard gas mortar shells) that had Frenchie written all over it. We sold them some equiment that could be used for those means, but no WMD.
Report Post »Scottsman
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 12:24amTime_2 is such an !d!ot asking about receipts. Obviouseley this m0r0n forgot all about the Iran-Contra affair and the huge paper trail Ollie North left behind. NOT!
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 5:41amSCOTTS. I know that Iran and Iraq are spelled very similar (except for the “n” and “q”), but please show me how the Iran-Contra affair had anything to do with Saddam Hussein, Iraq WMD, France supplying weaponry to Iraq? Please provide receipts…
I know, I know… you saw where KID made a comment regarding Iran-Contra and just started typing without really understanding the topic at hand, but saw this as an opportunity to shine and smack down big bad TIME_2… the Ron Paul hater.
This is just further proof that KIDS should be seen but not heard from. Now go back to the kiddie table and drink your apple juice…
Report Post »justangry
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 7:58amWhy is it that you only need proof when it’s something you disagree with? For instance, I could say show me proof that Moses talked to a burning bush. Some of it comes down to a leap of faith, no? Heck we’re all still trying to sort stuff out. Obviously I’m listening to the CIA, Intel folks on this stuff. Sheuer, Kwaitkowski, and Johnson. I mean I know you two like talking about your experience as to why you know more than everyone else, but I had the same clearance, and think you both are trying to pull the wool over peoples’ eyes in that regard because your need to know was limited. I know the game. As I understand it, Mustard gas is simple to produce. I mean it was WW1 technology and just concentrated bleach and chlorine as I understand it. Biologicals and blood agents not so much and the people with knowlege of that stuff are in Russia and the US. Still it doesn‘t make sense that Iraq would give their enemy’s friends their WMD’s to babysit. Then you have people in the administration admitting they were wrong and/or lied. (Bush/Powell) Then you both jump on Manning, which I agree did it the wrong way. You jump on him for his treasonous acts, but ignore the treasonous acts contained in the dump, and say the people he outed are to be trusted?
Report Post »VioletLilly
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 12:55pmMomRules—I agreee with you. McCain is the one who should be shamed. Take a look at this piece–the most compelling info is on the last page. http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/310198/questions-about-huma-abedin-andrew-c-mccarthy?pg=5
Report Post »armyofnibiru
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 8:37pmyes your right ,and if mcshame had half the balls of gore he would have challenged the count,and all the illegal shananagins would be exposed.this idiot would be doing much the same as oblameo.the only difference .mcshame wouldn’t blame bush,the earthquake ,the sunami,the rain ,the wind ,the sun ,the moon and living people anybody anything but bho.
Report Post »John 3:16
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 6:27pmJohn McCain is a rather stupid little man. He really would do Americans a favor by going away or at least becoming a Liberal Defocrap instead of a RINO Republican.Please take your stupid little daughter with you little Johnny. PLEASE!
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 6:23pmRepeat until the body floats back down….
The power of Carter compels him….
Report Post »The power of Carter compels him….
MeteoricLimbo
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 6:19pmI for one do find it puzzling that we were quick to jump into Libya and Egypt but not Syria or Iran in their time of need. It would seem quite alienating to any of our allies to say the least.
Report Post »thom1
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 8:03amThe reason we aren‘t jumping in there quick is because we will find Sadam’s chemical weapons. You know, the ones the main stream libs and Obummer said never existed. Remember Bush lied and people died crap.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 6:11pmOh, there goes that Radical Rightwing Warmonger John McCain again! Lol!
Report Post »Scottsman
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 6:11pmMaybe Sen. McCain should seek guidance from Dr. Paul on these matters.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 6:41pmSounds good to me.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 9:12pmRon Paul has no answers and could offer no valuable advice.
His answer is the easy (non-thinking man’s) answer to foreign policy… always ignore it (do nothing) and it will go away…
Report Post »justangry
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 10:47pmAs opposed to our approach since the 90′s which has worked out just great!
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 10:51pm@time
Your typical response is filled with ignorant statements and zero facts. Please provide the link with Ron Paul saying we should ignore anyone. This is another false claim liberals and progressives like yourself like to say about Ron Paul because you know his ideas are changing this country. In the end the Liberty Movement is going to win. We will win either from the ballot box or the ammo box.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 11:36pmMUTINEER. You feakin’ kill me with this “link” nonsense. If it ain’t provided on a link, well then… it can’t possibly be true!! What I and most Americans try to do is take Ron Paul’s purposely vague musings and mumblings and try our hardest to make sense out of them. Most Americans like myself have come to the conclusion (sifting through his atmospheric rhetoric) that he is a guy who wouldn’t do SQUAT outside the protection of our borders.
Fact is MUTINEER. Ron Paul doesn’t know the difference between isolationism and protectionism, but he call himself a “non-interventionist” which in my estimation based on what I’ve heard him state is “do nothing”… let the world fight it out, stick your head in the dirt until they come for us.
His mentor Rothbard (who Paul mirrors his lunacy with) stated once that if the balloon went up and we lost the rest of the world and the Soviets invaded America… we could take to the hills, launch a guerilla war a la freakin’ “Red Dawn.” Lmao… Libertarians have NEVER been hampered by reality eh MUTINEER?
Ron Paul may be delusional, but he is consistently delusional. Neither mass murder, terrorism, the advance of militant Islam, nor nuclear weapons in the hands of fanatical regimes will shake a Libertarian’s faith in his dogma… we have no foreign enemies. If certain states want to kill us, it’s our fault. Nothing is worth fighting for…unless of course… it’s abolishing the Fed.
Report Post »Scottsman
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 12:21amTime_2… you are a delusional raving lunatic. You prove it over and over with your insane rants.
Report Post »KidCharlemagne
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 12:39amTIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 11:36pm
Fact is MUTINEER. Ron Paul doesn’t know the difference between isolationism and protectionism,
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He knows better than to sell weapons to the Ayatollah Khomeini though:
Ronald Reagan and The Iran-Contra Affair
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 12:47am@time
What countries can realistically attack the United States? Outside of terrorist attacks no country can attack us in my opinion. Our military overseas doesnt not protect us from terrorist attacks. In fact our occupation of some nations causes terrorist to rise up. A perfect example is Osama Bin Laden declaring war on the United States in 1998 for that very reason. 15 of 18 hijackers on 911 were Saudi.
You can continue to ignore facts but its not head in the sand, but I believes its head on a swivel. We are so focused on the middle east we are forgetting about our southern border. By electing the lesser of two evils so often we have politicians willing to give our freedoms away. We have DHS buying 400million rounds of ammo and bullet proof check point booths.
If anything we need our military home for the coming collapse we are going to face. We will need to them to protect us here at home from the government. Our only chance to save this country is the military not turning on the people.
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Posted on July 23, 2012 at 6:00amMUTINEER. Nice mish-mash of Ron Paul anti-war bullet points.
You wrote…. “If anything we need our military home for the coming collapse we are going to face. We will need to them to protect us here at home from the government. Our only chance to save this country is the military not turning on the people.”
You better huddle with your fellow anti-war/Military Paul acolytes and decide if our Military is for us… or against us. The Ron Paul gene pool seems to be out on that one…
Would hate to pull ALL those murderous malcontents and miscreants from the Military back here with bayonets fixed and charging towards us eh?
Ron Paul and his warriors for peace and tranquility speak out of both sides of your anti-war/Military mouths… not unlike the other left. Hate the Military one day…. kind of love them the next.
Report Post »dissentnow
Posted on July 23, 2012 at 6:16am@Time
You finally got in that Murray Rothbard rant!
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 6:10pm…
Report Post »John McCain, just go away, you piece of crap. You had your chance.
You threw Sarah Palin under the bus, and you threw the Presidential election in 2008.
Every chance you got, you bragged on Barack Hussein Obama. You traitor.
LameLiberals
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 6:37pmPalin endorsed McCain over a tea party challenger in the AZ senate 2010 primary AFTER McCain and Romney threw her REPEATEDLY under the bus in 2008 and 2009. Romney did NOT want her to be a challenger when he ran again in 2012.
Palin purchased a AZ home and may be establishing residency to run there and will need McCain help if she did run. So she threw American under the bus and endorsed a RINO who never met a war he didn’t like.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 6:05pmYes senator lets get involved in every conflict all over the world,your progressive ideas are so twentieth century, an archaic man who’s time has come and gone.Why the people of Arizona continue to reelect this dinosaur is beyond me.
Report Post »johnpaulkuchtajr
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 6:03pmGee, John, doesn’t it just piss you off that you ran such a knuckle-dragging political campaign that you got beat by a community organizer with no traceable life?!?!?!
Yeah! Rave on, you silly bastard! But carry that crap down the hall, we’re fresh out of sacrificial victims to place on the altar of global war. In case you haven’t noticed, all you pretentious bastards in the Congress have laid waste to this country.
Congratulations!
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 6:01pmWell sure McCain let’s give more arms to the muslim brotherhood so they can run over the people as soon as they take the current leader out. Geeeeez, what a dope. Has he been watching what happens as these governments fall? They are sure as heck not perfect, but the coming joining of all these muslim countries, filled with hate for us and using weapons we have given them isn’t to darn smart. Thank God he didn’t become president. One, we needed the wake-up call, and two, he does not get the muslims at all and still thinks they are good people, and our “friends”
Report Post »Apple Bite
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 6:00pmThey still didn’t learn from helping out the rebels in Libya….
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 11:01pmOr the
Iranians, Afghans, Iraqi.
Report Post »Seabass82
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 5:57pmIsn’t the destruction of Damascus in biblical prophecy?
Report Post »chips1
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 6:47pmThe Obama bible says it’s Detroit.
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 5:56pmNo!!!
Report Post »claymoremacm
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 5:53pmif Ragheads are kill Ragheads, who give a Rat’s behind
Report Post »claymoremacm
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 6:07pmKilling,,typo sorry
Report Post »barber2
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 7:27pmClay: Perhaps to put this in a more PC phraseology : if dysfunctional humans wish to kill equally dysfunctional humans, why should we interfere ? These people hate us for our ” parental / aka imperialist ” interference. Maybe we should just “prepare ” over here and let them do their own “sorting out ” over there. We have put the same time and tax money into trying to solve the Middle East religious / territorial mess as we have bled ourselves dry trying to fight our so-called War on Poverty. Same results : Zero . The “poor we will always have with us .” And perhaps, ” the dysfunctional we will also always have with us.” Tired of paying for both as one of the 53% .
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 5:52pmMcCain’s frightening out of touch with reality.
I‘m almost relieved he didn’t get elected POTUS.
Go away Johnny, already! We ain’t got the time nor the stomach for finger-in-the-wind governing. Time for legislating via stones, which you ain’t got.
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 10:05pmYea, articles like this make me glad McCain lost. Just imagine if he won, we would be at war with Iran and Syria and McCain would be running for re-election in 2012….YIKES
Report Post »historyguy48
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 5:52pmComrade Progressive Senator John McCain, perhaps it is time to retire! America has no interest in Syria and even fewer friends? Why do you want to expend our peoples biggest treasure, our finest soldiers, in a total and complete no-win situation?
Report Post »Didn’t your complete and utter misreading of Libya and Egypt teach you anything? Or is it that you, like Dear Leader, are working diligently to complete the destruction of our country?