McCain Meets Up With Syrian Rebels

Arizona Senator John McCain is strongly opposed to President Obama’s current policy in Syria, i.e., we aren’t giving the Syrian rebels weapons to fight Assad (yet). On this Memorial Day, Senator McCain visited Syria to meet with the head of the Free Syrian Army “for a few hours before going back to Turkey.” McCain supports arming the rebels in spite of reports that they have close ties to al-Qaeda. Whatever the case may be, the Daily Beast reported the following:

Sen. John McCain Monday became the highest-ranking U.S. official to enter Syria since the bloody civil war there began more than two years ago, The Daily Beast has learned.

 

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