(USA Today) Senators McCain and Graham express optimism on Obama Syria plan

McCain and Graham have jointly expressed concerns that a military strike should be part of a broader strategy in Syria, not simply a random attack to punish the regime.

After meeting with Obama Monday, they both said they believed the White House is developing a strategy that would weaken the regime of President Bashar Assad and boost Syrian opposition forces ”” though they said Obama has more work to do to explain this plan.

“We still have significant concerns,” McCain said, “but we believe there is in formulation a strategy to upgrade the capabilities of the Free Syrian Army and to degrade the capabilities of Bashar Assad. Before this meeting, we had not had that indication.”

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3 comments on “(USA Today) Senators McCain and Graham express optimism on Obama Syria plan

  1. Jill Woodliff says:

    [url=http://anglicanprayer.wordpress.com/2013/09/02/syria-2/]Prayers[/url]

  2. sophy0075 says:

    Absolutely no gain to the US for participating in this, only harm to her and her ally, Israel.

  3. Cennydd13 says:

    Agreed! We stand to lose FAR more than we would gain.