As Syria cease-fire falters, US senators renew demand to arm rebels”Ž

John McCain and Joseph Lieberman have already called for arming Syria’s rebels, in statements last month from the US Senate where they serve. But they repeated their demand in more dramatic fashion Tuesday ”“ from a Syrian refugee camp in Turkey and with violence unabated, as the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad disregarded the UN plan that was to have silenced the Syrian Army’s guns Tuesday morning.

The two senators joined a growing international chorus of voices finding that the unimplemented plan, brokered by former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, is simply allowing the Assad regime to continue its oppression.

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4 comments on “As Syria cease-fire falters, US senators renew demand to arm rebels”Ž

  1. Ad Orientem says:

    I am embarrassed to admit that I voted for McCain in 2008. But then again I voted for W back in 2000. I should just give up.

  2. Capt. Father Warren says:

    And you would feel better if you would have voted for Al Gore or John Kerry or Barack Obama?

    The world does not always present us with the options “good” and “bad”.

    This fall, you will likely have the choice of Obama or Romney. Will that be a difficult choice?

  3. Ad Orientem says:

    This fall will not be difficult. Given the choice between two big government crony capitalist war mongers who think the state should tell people how to live their lives, I will for neither. I will write in Ron Paul’s name or vote libertarian. Or I will just stay home.

    I’m done voting for big government statists.

  4. Capt. Father Warren says:

    While I agree that neither candidate will address the political problems in such a manner that might drive us toward a course that points to the founding principles of this country, I disagree with your intended action for one reason: as disappointing as Mitt Romney is as an opponent to Obama, I do not discern that he objectively wants to overthrow the country and install pure socialism/communism as the governing system.

    Hence, I believe a vote for Romney, to the extent that it will help defeat Obama, might buy us some time to mount an effort to truly preserve the country as a place where freedom and liberty can reign.

    On that basis, I would ask your help in defeating Obama.