McCain raises prospect of military option in Syria

[FarCenter]

US Senator John McCain raised the prospect Sunday of possible armed intervention to protect civilians in Syria where a crackdown on pro-democracy protests has killed more than 3,000 people.

"Now that military operations in Libya are ending, there will be renewed focus on what practical military operations might be considered to protect civilian lives in Syria," McCain told a World Economic Forum meeting in Jordan.

McCain, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's "regime should not consider that it can get away with mass murder

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McCain held talks with key US ally King Abdullah II on Middle East issues, Jordan's state-run Petra news agency reported.

The United States and Jordan on Sunday signed a $250-million agreement under a "small and medium enterprise loan guarantee programme" to support the cash-strapped kingdom's economy.

http://www.france24.com/en/20111023-mccain-raises-prospect-military-option-syria

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A quarter billion dollars ought to stimulate Jordan, an economy with a population of 6.5 million. Propping up an Arab monarch with US taxpayer dollars.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. I don't want to go into Syria even if the m/billionaires pay for it via a tax increase.

[FarCenter]

2. It's probably just "numb nuts" McCain "talking out his backside"

[Fuzz]

3. Obama says yes, McCain calls him a traitor to the country and brings up impeachment

[Kennah]

4. Is Johnny Mac planning an invasion with his Senate issue A-4?

[Warpy]

5. McCain is an old flyboy who only sees military solutions to all problems

He needs to retire and go away. We can't afford his type any more.

[Gabi Hayes]

6. what's the problem? we have 40,000 troops right next door. be a lot

cheaper to have them walk over to Syria, then spend all that money moving them and their materiel all the way back here.

Free Syria!

Uncle Sam WANTS us there

[BlueCheese]

7. Well, if we can go into Libya...

.... why not Syria?

[customerserviceguy]

8. We could

But we should expect a much different reaction from Iran than we got when we fired missles into Libya.

[leftstreet]

9. GET OFF OUR OIL !!!111

[Lil Missy]

10. Time to retire gramps. n/t

[TransitJohn]

11. What is it with that fucking guy?

He's always gettin' his war on.