McCain's Memorial Day with Syrian 'Rebels'

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McCain meets with rebel leaders in Syria

Flashback: Syrian rebels pledge loyalty to al-Qaeda

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Sen. John McCain (R) traveled to war-torn Syria on Monday to meet with rebel leaders, a spokesman for the Arizona senator confirmed to The Hill.

McCain’s visit makes him the highest-ranking U.S. official to enter the country since its civil war began two years ago.

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The administration has resisted calls from lawmakers to arm the rebels over fears those weapons could fall into the hands of Islamist or anti-U.S. elements. Many Syrian rebel groups have been linked to al Qaeda and other terrorist groups.

Last week, however, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a bill to arm the Syrian opposition, a bipartisan rebuke to the White House.

What gives?

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Although I do admire McCain’s service to this country while he was in the Navy and his strength enduring the many years of hell in a North Vietnamese POW camp, I do think McCain has lost it the last several years.

Besides his missteps on domestic policy, it appears that McCain is obsessed with having the U.S. fight needless military actions across the world.

I think we shouldn’t do any military action in Syria. Yes Assad is a thug and a dictator but their isn’t much evidence that the Syrian rebels would be any better. Unfortunately for the most part in the Middle East when we get involved we simply trade one set of thugs for another set of thugs.