Israeli Strikes In Syria Could Put More Pressure On Obama: McCain

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By Deborah Charles and Caren Bohan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israel's air strikes on Syria could add pressure on the Obama administration to intervene in Syria, a key Republican said on Sunday, but the U.S. government faces tough questions on how it can help without adding to the conflict.

Hours after Israeli jets bombed Syria on Sunday for the second time in 48 hours, several top U.S. lawmakers voiced concern over the cascading uncertainty in the Middle East where a civil war has been raging in Syria for more than two years.

Republican Senator John McCain said the latest Israeli air strikes, described by a Western source as attacks on Iranian missiles bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah, will just put more pressure on the administration to act although President Barack Obama has said he has no plans to send ground troops to Syria.

"We need to have a game-changing action, and that is no American boots on the ground, establish a safe zone and to protect it and to supply weapons to the right people in Syria who are fighting, obviously, for the things we believe," McCain said on "Fox News Sunday."
"Every day that goes by, Hezbollah increases their influence and the radical jihadists flow into Syria and the situation becomes more and more tenuous," he said.

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[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. Of course, if Syria strikes back, well brand them the aggressors and got to peaceful Israels aid.

Works every time.

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2. Sen. McWar can just suit up and take his sorry butt

and Lindsey with him first. This man is beneath contempt.

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3. How will pumping more arms into the country, or attacking Syrian air defenses, reduce violence?

The "solutions" being floated are nothing but a quantum escalation in the level of violence and murder inside that country, putting us right into the middle of it.

That's exactly where the Israelis and Saudis want us.