{"id":35855,"date":"2013-05-28T08:24:49","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T12:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=35855"},"modified":"2013-05-28T08:25:38","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T12:25:38","slug":"mccain-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=35855","title":{"rendered":"McCain in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Times<\/a> reports that Senator John McCain found his way into Syria recently to meet with Syrian rebels secretly.<\/p>\n

The rebel leaders who met with Mr. McCain asked for help in the establishment of a no-fly zone, delivery of anti-aircraft weapons and U.S. airstrikes on military targets associated with the government of Mr. Assad and on Hezbollah, the militant Shiite Muslim movement based in neighboring Lebanon. Hezbollah\u2019s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, has said his militias are committed to helping Mr. Assad defeat the rebels, many of whom are members of Sunni Muslims factions.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for Mr. McCain confirmed that the senator made the trip, which was first reported on the news website The Daily Beast, but provided no further details.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From NBC News<\/a>;<\/p>\n

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From the Associated Press<\/a>;<\/p>\n

A State Department official said the department was aware of McCain crossing into Syrian territory Monday, but referred further questions to McCain’s office. McCain spokeswoman Rachel Dean confirmed the Monday trip, but declined further comment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I could go along with limited involvement by US troops, but this is another tar baby in the Middle East which could be effected by “mission creep” and it’s hard to tell who is who in this particular fight. The rebels you help today might be al Qaeda by nightfall. But at least McCain is giving the appearance of finding out what the situation is in Syria. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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