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Sen. John McCain, one of Congress' strongest advocates for increasing America's role in Syria, on Monday became the highest ranking U.S. official to visit the country since a bloody civil war broke out there more than two years ago, NBC News has confirmed.
The Arizona Republican crossed the Turkey-Syria border with Gen. Salem Idris, the leader of the Supreme Military Council of the Free Syrian Army, The Daily Beast first reported.
McCain stayed in the country for several hours during the unannounced trip and met with rebel leaders, who called on the United States to increase its support of the Syrian opposition by providing weapons, a no-fly zone and air strikes on forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.
He slipped in and met with his rebel friends on the same day those rebel Islamic extremists killed 26-year-old Syrian journalist Yara Abbas. May she rest in peace:
The United States continues to support the murder of Syrian civilians by continuing to support the Syrian rebels. I thought we were supposed to be enemies of Al-Qaeda, not aiding them.
I just hope that whatever he promised those people is in line with US foreign policy. If goes there to make unauthorized promises, then I'd agree with the poster who said he should retire.
A US Senator doesn't "slip" into a country at war without the State Dept knowing about it.
You think no one in the USG knew he was going ?
McCain is the proverbial war monger. Who better to send to Syria.
We're gonna end up with boots on the ground there..mark my words.
There's been more reports of chemical warfare and of course it wasn't by the rebels.
McCain will promise them the blood of american soldiers and the money from our workers.
Its because of wamongers like McCain that there is a "memorial day"
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