Photo: Sen. John McCain addresses the second day of the World Economic Forum meeting by the Dead Sea in Jordan on Sunday. Credit: Khalil Mazraawi / AFP/Getty ImagesU.S. Sen. John McCain: Could It Be Time To Intervene In Syria? -- L.A. Times
REPORTING FROM BEIRUT -- With NATO bombing of Libya set to end, U.S. Sen. John McCain on Sunday raised the possibility of some kind of military attack on Syria, where the government of Bashar Assad has been accused of brutally cracking down on protesters.
“Now that military operations in Libya are ending, there will be renewed focus on what partial military operations might be considered to protect civilian lives in Syria,” McCain (R-Ariz.) said at a meeting of the World Economic Forum in Jordan. “The Assad regime should not consider that it can get away with mass murder. Kadafi made that mistake and it cost him everything.”
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My Comment: What is my take on the unrest and violence in Syria as well as on Senator McCain's comments .... do not approach that conflict with a hundred foot pole. As bad as Libya was .... Syria has the potential to be far more worse, and reconciliation after such a conflict would make Iraq's reconciliation after the U.S. invasion look like a peaceful get together.
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