John McCain ‘Guaranteed’ Two Years Ago Russia Wouldn’t Act in Syria
WATCH: John McCain ‘Guaranteed’ Two Years Ago Russia Wouldn’t Act in Syria
00:38 16.10.2015(updated 01:26 16.10.2015)
Source: WATCH: John McCain ‘Guaranteed’ Two Years Ago Russia Wouldn’t Act in Syria
Not exactly known for his accurate military predictions, US Senator John McCain was once firmly convinced that Russia would never act in Syria. Oops.
Arizona Senator John McCain, however, could not foresee this. And he was dead wrong about the future in other ways, as well.
It doesn’t concern me in the slightest,” McCain said in 2013, when asked if he was worried about a Russian and Chinese intervention in Syria. “Because they will not act.”
“The United States is the most powerful nation in the world, and we’re not going to be intimidated by Russia and China,” he added. “We are not, so I guarantee you that they will not act.”
Flash forward two years and the United States is, indeed, being intimidated. Beijing’s construction of artificial islands in the Spratly archipelago is forcing Washington to scramble together alliances in the Pacific.
But, more importantly, Russia’s anti-terror campaign in Syria has forced the United States to completely rethink its regional strategy. Airstrikes have devastated IS militants, and since the bombing began on September 30, Russian support is already helping to stabilize a nation thoroughly wrecked by the United States and its allies.
On Thursday, reports surfaced that a Russian airstrike killed Abu Bakr al-Shishani, a prominent leader of the Ahrar ash-Sham terrorist group.
“A group of militants, including the leader of Jaish al-Sham terrorist group, Chechen native Abu Bakr al-Shishani, was eliminated on October 14 as a result of a Russian airstrike in the Homs province,” a Syrian military source told Sputnik.
McCain, at least, is not in denial. Recognizing Russia’s success, the senator wrote an op-ed for CNN on Wednesday.
“Vladimir Putin must be stopped,” he wrote.
At least he didn’t risk his reputation by writing “Putin will be stopped,” because that would be…another false prediction.
Tags: China, Islam, Islamic Jihad, Islamic slaughter, Islamic State, Israel, Jihad, John McCain, Middle East, Middle East War, Russia, Syria, Terrorism, U.S. Congress, United States, USA
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WarSclerotic 
October 16, 2015 at 12:59 AM
This bright light does not understand that if Israel takes out terrorist in Syria it is not a threat against Russia.
But If the USA start bombing in Syria and supporting terrorist to topple assad, IT is a threat to Russia.
A prime example of failing USA foreign politics thinking.
October 16, 2015 at 1:13 AM
John McCain Makes Secret Syria Trip, Crosses Borders to Speak With Rebels
Did we not have something like this before, something with stinger rockets to the taliban .
October 16, 2015 at 2:03 AM
I understand why there is rarely any comments on these stories, logging in is bad enough with every post or reply but it’s a continual job of resetting (in my case password) The message said my comment would be saved as soon as I reset my password, no it wasn’t, as usual.
October 16, 2015 at 2:11 AM
I,am not aware of any technical problems with the site.
Please can you explain the problem more detailed .
October 16, 2015 at 6:29 AM
“. . . logging in is bad enough with every post. . . .”
What LOGIN requirement?
I don’t gotta do no stinking LOGIN. Does anybody?tarasb@mail
Sheeesh!
October 16, 2015 at 2:53 PM
harpertwo: Make a WordPress account and sign in with that I.D., it usually works for me.
As for Jihad Juan McCain, just about everyone understands the Arizona senator to be a rabid supporter of international (Mid-East, Chechnya, Ukraine) terrorism.
Does John McCain Support Al-Qaeda? tinyurl.com/q84vxmm
Senator John McCain, Foreign Relations “Adviser” to Al Qaeda Death Squads in Syria http://tinyurl.com/l9kr3v9
McCain Explodes at Syrian Christians Who Describe Atrocities Committed By Rebels He Wants to Arm http://tinyurl.com/ps36vxf
The law is very clear, the Obama Administration and their “Republican Guards” (McCain, Graham, etc.) are in violation of one of the most important laws we have.
18 U.S. Code § 2339A – Providing material support or resources to designated foreign terrorist organizations http://tinyurl.com/qdpyylq