ROBERT ROBB
Robert Robb
Word.
Those leftists whose McCain bashing pisses on the Syrian
people are not a pretty sight, but that doesn't mean I have to agree
with any of his other foreign policy positions.
"I usually disagree with John McCain about foreign policy. He is the
nation's foremost advocate of a muscular U.S. role in the world. I'm
generally skeptical of U.S. involvement in foreign conflicts and disputes.
However, McCain does have a point, and a very important one, about
an incongruity in the announced Obama administration approach to
fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
The administration is vague about this, but the clear inference is that the
United States plans to assist FSA when it fights ISIS and try to stay out
of its fight with Assad.
This has problems, logically and practically. If the United States is counting
on FSA to be the force that ultimately "destroys" ISIS, how can we
stand aside while Assad's forces diminish its fighting capability? And
if we are providing air support to FSA fighting ISIS in Syria, how can
we not provide air cover for it against attacks from Assad's forces?
McCain's preference, of course, is for the United States to go all in and
provide FSA the training, equipment and air support needed to prevail
against both ISIS and Assad."
Word.
Those leftists whose McCain bashing pisses on the Syrian
people are not a pretty sight, but that doesn't mean I have to agree
with any of his other foreign policy positions.
"I usually disagree with John McCain about foreign policy. He is the
nation's foremost advocate of a muscular U.S. role in the world. I'm
generally skeptical of U.S. involvement in foreign conflicts and disputes.
However, McCain does have a point, and a very important one, about
an incongruity in the announced Obama administration approach to
fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
The administration is vague about this, but the clear inference is that the
United States plans to assist FSA when it fights ISIS and try to stay out
of its fight with Assad.
This has problems, logically and practically. If the United States is counting
on FSA to be the force that ultimately "destroys" ISIS, how can we
stand aside while Assad's forces diminish its fighting capability? And
if we are providing air support to FSA fighting ISIS in Syria, how can
we not provide air cover for it against attacks from Assad's forces?
McCain's preference, of course, is for the United States to go all in and
provide FSA the training, equipment and air support needed to prevail
against both ISIS and Assad."
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