could you just imagine the hard-on Foxnew,Glenn Beck,Rush-bo and others would be sporting?
It would be "regrettable" if the identities of the
men photographed with Sen. John McCain in Syria this week are confirmed to be individuals responsible for a year-old kidnapping, the Arizona senator's office said in a statement Thursday.
There has been confusion and conflicting reports about who exactly the men pictured with McCain are, and whether or not they were involved in last year's kidnapping. CNN has been unable to confirm the identities of the men in the photograph. Nonetheless, McCain's office was quick to reject speculation the Republican knowingly met with men accused of the abduction.
McCain entered the war-torn country on Monday and met with commanders of the Free Syrian Army, who are fighting forces loyal to Bashar al Assad for control of the country. He was the first U.S. senator to travel to Syria since the civil war broke out there two years ago, and told CNN after leaving that his conviction the U.S. must become more involved in the country's conflict had intensified.
Opponents of a greater U.S. role in Syria say the presence of terrorists among the rebels should prevent lethal aid from being delivered to opposition forces.
A report in the Beirut-based Daily Star newspaper suggested a photo released by McCain's office from the trip
showed the Arizona senator standing alongside two men accused of kidnapping 11 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims in May 2012.The paper cited family members of the kidnapped pilgrims – along with one pilgrim who was kidnapped himself and later released – identifying Mohamad Nour and Abu Ibrahim in one of the handout photos from McCain, which the Republican also posted to Twitter.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/30/mccain-responds-to-syria-photo-controversy/?hpt=po_c2&hpt=hp_t2McCain's excuse?
you're gonna love it..
"None of the individuals the Senator planned to meet with was named Mohamad Nour or Abu Ibrahim," Rogers wrote in a statement. "A number of other Syrian commanders joined the meeting, but none of them identified himself as Mohamad Nour or Abu Ibrah
what a fucking rube. Thanks McCain! Now terrorist have a photo of you standing there in support of them.. along with a tweet that says
Important visit with brave fighters in #Syria who are risking their lives for freedom and need our help pic.twitter.com/tx4uX572ZPbut hey, they didn't tell you their name.. so that's a plausible excuse.. I guess Mccain still hasn't fucking learned to vet the people around him huh..
So what did they tell McCain they wanted while he was there?
In their meeting with McCain, leaders of the Syrian rebel forces pressed the United States to provide them with weapons to continue their fight against Assad. They specifically said they need ammunition, as well as antitank and antiaircraft weapons, McCain said in an interview with CNN on Wednesday.
"They do not understand why we won't help them," he told Anderson Cooper.
I think I saw this movie once.. Ya know the one where we arm and train a rebel force that we know to be be terroristic in nature, but since they're terrorizing our enemy we figure 'eh fuck it, what's the worst that can happen'.. and it ended with some building falling down in NYC..
maybe this will explain why Obama is leary of arming them? ya know, since they're also terrorist.. I doubt it with such a single-minded,war junkie like McCain.. but maybe with others who were on the fence..
either way.. could you image the utter meltdown of the Right had it been Obama in the photo with these guys? 100% impeachment proceeding within 30 days... and afterwards Issa would convene a criminal probe to have Obama jailed for being a Manchurian candidate..McCain would them claim he should be president by default because the imposter that is Obama should have never won.. and Romney would have piped up that no, he should.. so to appease them both Congress would create some kind of new 'Second Triumvirate' with Paul Ryan or Ted Cruz being the 3rd.. Obamacare wouldn't have to be repealed, because Obama was a terrorist the whole time so it would just be invalid.. not to mention everything else he ever did.. Jesus, it'd be a republican's wet-dream..HA!