American Republican Senators Scream For War

With the Syrian government continuing its deadly crackdown on its citizens, two senior American senators who were on their way to the Middle East spoke out strongly on Sunday in favor of arming the Syrian opposition forces.
The senators, John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, both Republicans, laid out a series of diplomatic, humanitarian and military aid proposals that would put the United States squarely behind the effort to topple President Bashar al-Assad of Syria. The senators, both of whom are on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said that rebel fighters deserved to be armed and that helping them take on the Syrian government would aid Washington’s effort to weaken Iran.

“I believe there are ways to get weapons to the opposition without direct United States involvement,” Mr. McCain said. “The Iranians and the Russians are providing Bashar Assad with weapons. People that are being massacred deserve to have the ability to defend themselves.”
“So I am not only not opposed,” he said, “but I am in favor of weapons being obtained by the opposition.”

 In the 1980's after the United States Congress passed a law prohibiting the export of arms to the Contra,s fighting to overthrow the Sandinista government in Nicaragua Republican President Ronald Reagan decided to ship arms to the Contra,s through a third party. The Iran Contra affair led to several convictions and resignations from Ronald Reagan's administration

Senator John McCain Republican of Arizona one those advocating for the arming of Syrian rebels once during a news conference began singing Bomb Bomb Iran to the tune of the Beach Boys song Barbra Ann.

Of course there are the two wars started by a Republican administration which I'm sure no one seems to remember Iraq and Afghanistan.  Which have failed to achieve any of the goals.  So, once again republicans are screaming for war.     .