Sunday, July 06, 2014

Senators McCain and Graham slam Obama’s decisions on Iraq, Afghanistan --- Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-AZ) appeared on CBS’ “Face the Nation” Sunday to raise awareness about the situation in Iraq and explain that Afghanistan will meet the same fate because of the president’s decision to withdraw troops from the region. -- “We could have left a residual force behind which would have stabilized the situation [in Iraq],” explained McCain. “This is not like a hurricane or an earthquake; this didn’t have to happen. This is a failure of United States policy. And by the way, there still is none that I can discern — either a policy or a strategy — to handle this situation.” -- He said that the eruption of terrorism in the region not only speaks to the condition of Iraq, but also foreshadows the future of Afghanistan, thanks to President Obama’s foreign policy. -- “The president is going to make the same mistake in Afghanistan unless he reverses that decision that he made,” McCain alleged. “You’re going to see the same result in Afghanistan. We just came back from there; they feel abandoned.” -- Senator Graham agreed, citing his “big fear” of losing the capability to keep track of terrorists in Afghanistan by withdrawing from the country. -- “If we get down to 1,000 troops by 2017 and dismantle our eyes and ears in Afghanistan and Pakistan, it will haunt us far worse than Iraq,” Graham said. “The counterterrorist mission in Afghanistan is a frontline defense for the homeland and it is being destroyed by this idea of leaving completely in 2017.” --- The senator then begged the president to “reverse [his] course” in order to protect the American people. -- More, http://redalertpolitics.com/2014/07/06/senators-mccain-graham-slam-obamas-decisions-iraq-afghanistan/

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